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THE 



HISTORY OF CHRIST, 



ACCORDING TO INSPIRATION 



CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED IN ONE CONSECUTIVE 
NARRATIVE. 



WITH THE REFERENCES. 






BOSTON: 
HEATH AND GRAVES, 

79 CORNHILL. 
1854. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in tne year iso±, by 
ASA WILBUR, 
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 




Stereotyped by 

HOBART & R0EB1N8, 

New England Type and Stereotype Foi\ndry, 

BOSTON. 



Damrell & Moore, Printers, Boston. 



PREFACE. 



Some twenty-five years ago, the compiler had the 
charge of a large and intelligent Bible-class. After 
having studied the contents of several question books, 
he proposed a critical and thorough examination of 
the '-'sayings and doings 7 ' of Christ. In doing this, 
he was desirous of proceeding, as nearly as possible, in 
the order in which the events transpired. He then 
felt the need of a work similar to the one before us. 
He obtained aid from Prof. Michaelis' "Table of the 
Gospels Harmonized/' also from Dr. Doddridge and 
others ; and thus completed his course of lessons with 
apparent satisfaction to the class, and certainly with 
much profit to himself. But the book, containing a 
consecutive narrative of Christ's life, as written by the 
evangelists, he could not find. It has been somewhat 
surprising to him that, in the overflowing tide of book- 
making, the one he so much desired should be neg- 
lected. 

He has, at times, named it to literary men ; but, 
perhaps fearing it "would not pay," it has not been 
undertaken. 

In the autumn of 1853, he suggested it to a presi- 
dent of one of our colleges, who answered, "Do it 
yourself; you can do it as well as any one else." , 

He then thought, " Well, if no one else will, Iivill 
try" He did so, and the result is the present little 
volume : though he found the task much more difficult 



PREFACE. 



and laborious than he had expected. The object has 
been to give a full and complete history of Christ, in 
one continuous narrative, in the language of inspira- 
tion, but without repetition, except where it is evident 
Christ himself repeated. He acknowledges assistance 
from several works, but is mainly indebted to Dr. 
Robinson's excellent "English Harmony of the Gos- 
pels,' 7 the chronological order of which he has gener- 
ally followed, but not strictly. 

There are events in Christ's life upon which every 
man must exercise his own judgment as to the time 
of their occurrence ; and he can only satisfy himself 
by their relation to other events. In some few in- 
stances, therefore, he has departed from his otherwise 
time text-book. 

If the reader should derive one half the satisfaction 
and benefit in studying these pages that the compiler 
has in arranging them, he will find himself amply 
rewarded. 



Note. — It is thought necessary to insert both the genealogies 
of Christ, as given by Matthew and Luke ; for it is generally 
understood that that given by Matthew is the regular line from 
Joseph to David, showing that Christ, as his eldest legal son, was 
heir to his father David's throne ; and that according to Luke is 
the regular line from Mary, through her father Heli, up to David, 
also. It is supposed Heli had no son. The inheritance, there- 
fore, and consequently the genealogical line, would fall to his 
eldest daughter, while she remained single, but on her marriage 
it fell to her husband. Hence, in the tables, Joseph, the husband 
of Mary, would be registered " the son of Heli." Thus, Christ is 
a legal descendant and "heir of David," through Joseph, and a 
blood descendant through Marv and Heli. 



CONTENTS, 



CHAPTEE I. 

Page 
The Genealogies of Christ 5 

CHAPTER II. 

Zachariah sees an angel in the Temple, who announces the birth of 
John — Christ's birth announced to Mary — She visits Eliza- 
beth 8 

CHAPTEE III. 

Birth of John — Birth of Christ — His birth announced to the shep- 
herds — His circumcision — Simeon blesses Christ and prophesies 

— Anna blesses Christ 13 

CHAPTER IV. 

Wise men from the east visit Christ — The children slain by Herod 

— Christ with the doctors in the temple 18 

CHAPTER V. 

The preaching of John the Baptist — Christ baptized 21 

CHAPTER VI. 

Christ tempted in the wilderness — John the Evangelist's testimony 
of Christ 24 

CHAPTER VII. 

John's testimony of Christ, continued 27 

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VI CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Jesus attends a marriage, and turns water into wine — Goes up 
to the first passover after his baptism 30 

CHAPTER IX. 

Christ converses with and instructs Nicodemus — Travels in Ju- 
dea 32 

CHAPTER X. 

John the Baptist bears testimony of Christ — Reproves Herod, and 
is cast into prison 34 

CHAPTER XI. 

Christ leaves Judea to return to Galilee — Stops on the way, and 
converses with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well 36 

CHAPTER XII. 

Christ arrives in Galilee — Preaches in the synagogue with great 
success — Heals a nobleman's son — Comes to Nazareth — 
Preaches in the synagogue -r- Is rejected by the Jews 39 

CHAPTER XIII. 

He leaves Nazareth and goes down again to Capernaum — Preaches 
out of a boat at the sea-side — The great draught of fishes — 
Calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John — Heals a demoniac — 
Heals Simon Peter's wife's mother 42 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Christ heals a leper — Heals a palsied man. 45 

CHAPTER XV. 

Christ calls Levi — Goes up to Jerusalem to the second Passover — 
Heals a man at the pool — Explains his character in the Tem- 
ple 48 



CONTENTS. VII 

CHAPTER XVI. 

The disciples pluck the ears of corn — Christ restores the withered 
hand, and heals many 52 

CHAPTER XVII. 

Christ appoints the twelve apostles — Heals many — Commences his 
sermon on the mount 55 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

Sermon continued 58 

CHAPTER XIX. 
Sermon continued 61 

CHAPTER XX. 
Sermon continued 64 

CHAPTER XXI. 

Christ heals the centurion's servant — Raises to life the widow's 
son — and answers John's messengers 68 

CHAPTER XXII. 

Christ vindicates the woman who washed his feet in the Pharisee's 
house 72 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

Christ heals a demoniac, and is accused of casting out devils through 
Beelzebub 74 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

The foolish rich man — The faithful servant rewarded, and the un- 
faithful punished — The people discern not the signs of the 
times 79 



Till CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

The barren fig-tree — The parable of the sower, and the appli- 
cation. 81 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

The tares of the field — The mustard-seed — The leaven in the 
meal — The treasure in the field — The pearls — The net — Ex- 
planation 85 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

Christ stills the tempest — Met by demoniacs — The swine perish — 
Returns to his own city 88 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

The Pharisees complain that he ate with publicans and sinners — 
The parable of the new and old cloth, and new and old bottles — 
A woman touches his garment, and is healed — He raises Jairus' 
daughter 91 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

Restores sight to two blind men — Is rejected in his own country — 
Empowers the apostles, and orders them out to preach — Exhorts 
them 95 

CHAPTER XXX. 
His charge to the apostles 98 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

Sends forth the apostles — John the Baptist slain in prison. . .100 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

The apostles return — The five thousand fed — Christ walks on the 
sea 102 



CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 

Christ teaches the people — Explains his relation to the Father — 
Shows that he is the bread of God which came down from 
heaven 105 

CHAPTER XXXIY. 

The Pharisees complain that the disciples eat with unwashed hands 

— Christ explains what denies the man 109 

CHAPTER XXXY. 

The Syrophenician woman's daughter healed — The deaf and dumb 
man healed — The seventy sent out — The four thousand fed, 112 

CHAPTER XXXY I. 

The Pharisees ask a sign — The disciples forget to take breads- A 
blind man receives his sight — Christ inquires who men say he is 

— Reproves Peter 116 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 
Christ transfigured — Casts an evil spirit out of a man's son. . 119 

CHAPTER XXXYIII. 

Tribute-money found in the fish's mouth — The disciples taught 
humility, and warned against offences 123 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 

The seventy return and report — Christ denounces the wicked cities 

— Invites all to come to him — Instructs the disciples as to of- 
fences and forgiveness 126 

CHAPTER XL. 

The servant forgiven who owed ten thousand talents — Jesus goes 
up to the feast of tabernacles — On their way the apostles ask 
to command fire from heaven — Ten lepers cleansed . . . .129 



X CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER XLI. 
Christ teaches in the temple 132 

CHAPTER XLII. 

The woman taken in adultery — Christ continues preaching in the 
temple 135 

CHAPTER XLIII. 

Christ continues his instructions in the temple 138 

CHAPTER XLIV . 

Christ tempted by a lawyer — The good Samaritan — Martha en- 
cumbered with serving — Sight given to a man who was born 
blind — -The Pharisees murmur, and cast the man out of the 
synagogue 140 

CHAPTER XLV. 
The sheep-fold and door 145 

CHAPTER XLVI. 
Lazarus raised from the dead 148 

CHAPTER XLVII. 

Christ heals a woman in the synagogue — Travels toward Jerusalem 

— Exhorts to enter in at the strait gait — Heals a man of the 
dropsy. 152 

CHAPTER XLVIII. 

Christ exhorts to be humble by the parable of taking seats at feasts 

— The parable of the supper — Exhorts to forsake all and follow 
him 155 



CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTER XLIX. 

The parable of the lost sheep — Ten pieces of silver — The prodigal 
son 157 

CHAPTER L. 

The unjust steward — The parable of the rich man and Lazarus. 160 

CHAPTER LI. 

The unjust judge — The Pharisee and publican — Instruction re- 
lative to putting away a wife — Little children brought to Christ 
— The young ruler inquires how to obtain eternal life. . . . 163 

CHAPTER LII. 

The laborers in the vineyard — Christ foretells his death — The two 
disciples ask to sit at his right hand 167 

CHAPTER LIII. 

Jesus gives sight to a blind man at Jericho — Calls Zaccheus — The 
ten pounds given to ten servants 170 

CHAPTER LIV. 

Christ rides into Jerusalem in triumph — Children praise him in the 
temple 173 

CHAPTER LY. 

The barren fig-tree — Christ casts out those that sold doves, &c. — 
Asks from whence was the baptism of John — The two sons 
ordered into the vineyard — The vineyard let out to wicked 
husbandmen 177 

CHAPTER LVI. 

The marriage-supper of the king's son — Christ is questioned whether 
it be lawful to pay tribute to Caesar — The seven brethren who had 
one wife. 181 



XII CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER LVII. 

A Pharisee lawyer asks which is the greatest commandment — Christ 
asks what they think of the Messiah — Condemns the scribes 
and Pharisees as hypocrites 184 

CHAPTER LYIII. 

The widow's mite — Greeks inquire after Jesus — Christ teaches 
concerning himself. 189 

CHAPTER LIX. 

The disciples call his attention to the temple — He prophesies the 
destruction of the Jewish polity 192 

CHAPTER LX. 

Christ foretells the destruction of Jerusalem and the final dissolution 
— The ten virgins 195 

CHAPTER LXI. 

The parable of the talents — The sheep and the goats 198 

CHAPTER LXII. 

Mary anoints Jesus in the house of Simon the leper — Judas cov- 
enants with the chief priests to betray Christ — The disciples 
strive who shall be greatest — Are reproved by Christ. . . . 201 

CHAPTER LXIII. 

Christ washes the disciples' feet — They sit down at the passover — 
Judas receives the sop and goes out — The supper instituted. 204 

CHAPTER LXIY. 

Christ addresses his disciples — The Comforter promised. . . .209 

CHAPTER LXV. 

Christ the vine — The disciples exhorted to love one another — 
Warned of persecution. 212 



CONTENTS. XIII 



CHAPTER LXYI. 

The Comforter's office — Christ further exhorts the disciples. . 214 

CHAPTER LXYII. 
Christ's prayer 217 

CHAPTER LXVIII. 

Jesus goes out to the garden of Gethsemane — His prayers and 
agony — Judas comes with a band — Peter cuts off the ear of the 
high priest's servant — Christ is lead away to Annas, who sends 
him to Caiaphas 220 

CHAPTER LXIX. 

Peter denies that he knew Christ — Christ condemned in the coun- 
cil — Is carried to Pilate 223 

CHAPTER LXX. 

Christ examined by Pilate, and declared innocent — Is sent to Herod 
— Sent back to Pilate — After a long examination is declared 
innocent, but condemned from the influence of the priests and the 
multitude 226 

CHAPTER LXXI. 

Judas returns the money and hangs himself — Christ is led away to 
be crucified — Women lament him 231 

CHAPTER LXXII. 

There is an earthquake, and the graves open, &o. — The soldiers 
break the legs of the thieves, but pierce Christ with a spear — 
He is taken down from the cross and laid in the sepulchre. . 236 

CHAPTER LXXIII. 

A watch set at the sepulchre — There is an earthquake — Women 
come to the sepulchre, and find the stone rolled away and the body 
of Christ gone: — Mary Magdalene runs to inform the disciples — 
O 



XIV CONTENTS. 



Christ shows himself to the other women — Peter and John go to 
the sepulchre — Mary goes with them — They return, but Mary 
remains, and Christ shows himself to her 239 

CHAPTER LXXIV. 

Christ shows himself to two of his disciples at Emmaus — He ap- 
pears in the room with his disciples — Thomas doubts. . . . 243 

CHAPTER LXXV. 

Christ at the sea of Galilee — Draught of fishes — Questions Peter 
as to his love — Meets a large body of disciples on the mount — 
The apostles return to Jerusalem — Are commissioned — Christ 
ascends to heaven 247 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



CHAPTER L 

The Genealogies of Christ, 

GENEALOGICAL LINE ACCORDING TO MATTHEW. 

Mt. 1. 1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the 
son of David, the Son of Abraham. 

2 Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob ; 

3 and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren; and 
Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Tamar; and 
Pharez begat Hezron ; and Hezron begat Ram ; 

4 and Ram begat Aminadab ; and Aminadab begat 

5 Nahshon ; and Nahshon begat Salmon ; and Sal- 
mon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed 

6 of Ruth ; and Obed begat Jesse ; and Jesse begat 
David the king ; and David the king begat Solo- 

7 mon of her that had been the wife of Uriah; and 
Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat 

8 Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa ; and Asa begat Je- 
hoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat begat Joram; and 

9 Joram begat Uzziah ; and Uzziah begat Jotham ; 
and Jotham begat Ahaz ; and Ahaz begat Heze- 

io kiah ; and Hezekiah begat Manasseh ; and Ma- 
nasseh begat Amon ; and Amon begat Josiah ; 



6 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt.1.11 and Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brethren, 
about the time they were carried away to Baby- 

12 Ion : and, after they were brought to Babylon, 
Jeconiah begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat 

13 Zerubbabel ; and Zerubbabel begat Abiud ; and 
Abiud begat Eliakim ; and Eliakim begat Azor; 

14 and Azor begat Zadoc ; and Zadoc begat Achim ; 

15 and Achim begat Eliud ; and Eliud begat Elea- 
zar : and Eleazar begat Matthan ; and Matthan 

16 begat Jacob. And Jacob begat Joseph the hus- 
band of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is 
called Christ. 

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David 
are fourteen generations ; and from David until 
the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen 
generations ; and from the carrying away into 
Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. 

GENEALOGICAL LINE ACCORDING TO LUKE. 

Lk.3.23 Jesus Christ (as was supposed) was the son 

24 of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, which was 
the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 
which was the son of Melchi, which was the son 

25 of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, which 
was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of 
Amos, which was the son of Nahum, which was 
the son of Esli, which was the son of Naggai, 

26 which was the son of Maath, which was the son 
of Mattathias, which was the son of Shimei, 
which was the son of Joseph, which was the son 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



Lk.3.27 of Judah, which was the son of Joanna, which 
was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of 
Zembbabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which 

28 was the son of Neri, which was the son of Mel- 
chi, which was the son of Addi, which was the 
son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, 

29 which was the son of Er, which was the son of 
Joses, which was the son of Eliezer, which was 
the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, 

30 which was the son of Levi, which was the son 
of Simeon, which was the son of Judah, which 
was the son of Joseph, which was the son of 

31 Jonan, which was the son of Eliakini, which 
was the son of Meleah, which was the son of Mai- 
nan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was 
the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, 

32 which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of 
Obed, which was the son of Boaz, which was the 
son of Salmon, which was the son of Nahshon, 

33 which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son 
of Earn, which was the son of Hezron, which was 
the son of Pharez, which was the son of Judah, 

34 which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of 
Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was 
the son of Terah, which was the son of Nahor, 

35 which was the son of Serug, which was the son 
of 'Eeu, which was the son of Pel eg, which 
was the son of Eber, which was the son of Salah, 

36 which was the son of Cainan, which was the son 
of Arphaxad, which was the son of Shem, which 

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THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



was the son of Noah, which was the son of La- 
Lk3.37 mech, which was the son of Methuselah, which was 
the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which 
was the son of Mahalaleel, which was the son of 
38 Cainan, which was the son of Enos, which was the 
son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was 
the son of God. 



CHAPTER II. 



Zechariak sees an angel in the Temple, who announces 
the birth of John — Chris fs birth announced to Mary 
— She visits Elizabeth. 

ut. l. 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of 
Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the 
course of Abijah; and his wife was of the daugh- 

6 ters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And 
they were both righteous before God, walking in 
all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord 

1 blameless. And they had no child, because that 
Elizabeth was barren, and they both were now well 

8 stricken in years. And it came to pass that while 
he executed the priest's office before God, in the 

9 order of his course, according to the custom of the 
priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he 

10 went into the temple of the Lord. And the whole 
multitude of the people were praying without, at 

n the time of incense. And there appeared unto him 
an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of 

12 the altar of incense. And when Zechariah saw 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 9 

Lk.i.i3 hini, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But 
the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zechariah : for 
thy prayer is heard ; and thy wife Elizabeth shall 
bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 

14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness : and many 

15 shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in 
the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine 
nor strong drink ; and he shall be filled with the 

16 Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. And 
many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the 

it Lord their God. And he shall go before him in 
the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts 
of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient 
to the wisdom of the just ; to make ready a people 
prepared for the Lord. 

18 And Zechariah said unto the angel, Whereby 
shall I know this ? for I am an old man, and my 

19 wife well stricken in years. And the angel answer- 
ing, said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the 
presence of God ; and am sent to speak unto thee, 

20 and to show thee these glad tidings. And, behold, 
thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until 
the day that these things shall be performed, be- 
cause thou believest not my words, which shall be 

21 fulfilled in their season. And the people waited for 
Zechariah, and marvelled that he tarried so long in 

22 the temple. And when he came out, he could not 
speak unto them : and they perceived that he had 
seen a vision in the temple : for he beckoned unto 

23 them, and remained speechless. And it came to 



10 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration 

were accomplished, he departed to his own house. 

Lk.1.24 And after those days, his wife Elizabeth conceived, 

25 and hid herself five months, saying, Thus hath the 
Lord dealt with me, in the days wherein he looked 
on me, to take away my reproach among men. 

26 And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was 
sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Naz- 

27 areth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name 
was Joseph, of the house of David ; and the vir- 

28 gin's name was Mary. And the angel came in 
unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly fa- 
vored, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou 

29 among women. And when she saw him, she was 
troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what 

30 manner of salutation this should be. And the 
angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary : for thou hast 

31 found favor with God. And, behold, thou shalt 
conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, anc2 

32 shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and 
shall be called the Son of the Highest : and the 
Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his 

33 father David. And he shall reign over the house 
of Jacob forever ; and of his kingdom there shall 

34 be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How 

35 shall this be, seeing I know not a man ? And the 
angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost 
shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest 
shall overshadow thee : therefore, also, that holy thing 
which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 11 

Lk. 1.36 God. And, behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also 
conceived a son in her old age : and this is the 

37 sixth month with her, who was called barren. For 

38 with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary 
said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; be it unto 
me according to thy word. And the angel departed 

39 from her. And Mary arose in those days, and 
went into the hill-country with haste, into a city of 

40 Judah. And entered into the house of Zechariah, 

41 and saluted Elizabeth. And it came to pass, that, 
when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the 
babe leaped in her womb ; and Elizabeth was filled 

42 with the Holy Ghost : and she spoke out with a 
loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among 
women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 

43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my 

44 Lord should come to me ? For, lo, as soon as the 
voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the 

45 babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is 
she that believed : for there shall be a performance 
of those things which were told her from the Lord. 

46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord. 

47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 

48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his hand- 
maiden ; for, behold, from henceforth, all gener- 

49 ations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty 
hath done to me great things ; and holy is his 

50 name. And his mercy is on them that fear him 

51 from generation to generation. He hath showed 
strength with his arm ; he hath scattered the proud 



12 THE HISTORY OE CHRIST. 

Lk.1.52 in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put 
down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them 

53 of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with 
good things ; and the rich he hath sent empty 

54 away. He hath holpen his servant Israel, in re- 

55 membrance of his mercy ; as he spake to our fa- 

56 thers, to Abraham, and to his seed forever. And 
Mary abode with her about three months, and 
returned to her own house. And having been 

Mt.i.i8 espoused to Joseph, before they came together, 
she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 

19 Then Joseph, her espoused husband, being a just 
man, and not willing to make her a public example, 

20 was minded to put her away privily. But, while 
he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the 
Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, 
thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary. 
thy wife ; for that which is conceived in her is of 

21 the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, 
and thou shalt call his name Jesus : for he shall 

22 save his people from their sins. Now all this was 
done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken 

23 of the Lord, by the prophet, saying, * Behold, a 
virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a 
son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which, 

24 being interpreted, is, God with us. Then Joseph, 
being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the 
Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife ; 

25 and knew her not till she had brought forth her 
first-born son. 

* Isa. 7 •. 14. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 13 

CHAPTER III. 

Birth of John — Birth of Christ — His birth announced 
to the shepherds — His circumcision — Simeon blesses 
Christ and prophesies — Anna blesses Christ. 

Lk. 1.57 Now Elizabeth's full time came, that she should 

58 be delivered ; and she brought forth a son. And 
her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord 
had showed great mercy upon her ; and they re- 

59 joiced with her. And it came to pass, that, on the 
eighth day, they came to circumcise the child ; and 
they called him Zechariah, after the name of his 

60 father. And his mother answered and said, Not 

61 so ; but he shall be called John. And they said 
unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is 

62 called by this name. And they made signs to his 

63 father, how he would have him called. And he 
asked for a writing-table, and wrote, saying, His 

64 name is John. And they marvelled all. And his 
mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue 

65 loosed, and he spake, and praised God. And fear 
came on all that dwelt round about them ; and all 
these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the 

66 hill-country of Judea. And all they that heard 
them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What 
manner of child shall this be ? And the hand of 
the Lord was with him. 

67 And his father, Zechariah, was filled with the 

68 Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the 



14 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and re- 

Lk.i.69 deemed his people, and hath raised up a horn of 

salvation for us, in the house of his servant David;* 

to as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,! 

71 which have been since the world began : that we 
should be saved from our enemies, and from the 

72 hand of all that hate us ; to perform the mercy 
promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy 

73 covenant ; the oath which he sware to our father 

74 Abraham,! that he would grant unto us, that we, 
being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, 

75 might serve him without fear,§ in holiness and 
righteousness before him, all the days of our life. 

76 And thou, child, shalt be called The Prophet of 
the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face of 

77 the Lord, to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge 
of salvation unto his people, by the remission of 

78 their sins, through the tender mercy of our God; 
whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited 

79 us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in 
the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way 

so of peace. And the child grew, and waxed strong 
in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his 
shewing unto Israel. 

Mt. 2. l And it came to pass, in the days of Herod the 
king, that there went out a decree from Caesar, 

Lk. 2. i^ugustus, that all the world should be taxed. 



*lSam. 2: 10. Ps. 132 : 17. fls. 11: 1. Jer. 23 : 5,6. 

t Gen. 22 : 16 — 18. § Is. 54 : 13, 14. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 15 

Lk. 2.2 And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was 

3 governor of Syria. And all went to be taxed, 

4 every one into his own city. And Joseph also went 
up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into 
Judea, unto the city of David, which is called 
Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lin- 

5 eage of David, to be taxed with Mary his espoused 

6 wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, 
while they were there, the days were accomplished 

7 that she should be delivered. And she brought forth 
her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling- 
clothes, and laid him in a manger ; because there 
was no room for them in the inn. 

8 And there were in the same country shepherds 
abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock 

9 by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came 
upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round 

io about them : and they were sore afraid. And the 
angel said unto them, Fear not : for, behold, I bring 
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all 

li people. For unto you is born this day, in the city 
of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 

12 And this shall be a sign unto you ; Ye shall find 
the babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, lying in a 

13 manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a 
multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and 

14 saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth 
peace, good will toward men. 

15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone 
away from them into heaven, the shepherds said 

3 



16 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethle- 
hem, and see this thing which is come to pass, 
Lk.2.16 which the Lord hath made known unto us. And 
they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, 

17 and the babe lying in a manger. And, when they 
had seen it, they made known abroad the saying 

18 which was told them concerning this child. And 
all they that heard it, wondered at those things 

19 which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary 
kept all these things, and pondered them in her 

20 heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying 
and praising God for all the things that they had 
heard and seen, as it was told unto them. 

21 And when eight days * were accomplished for the 
circumcising of the child, his name was called 
Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he 
was conceived in the womb. 

22 And when the days of her purification, according 
to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they brought 
him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord, 

23 as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male 
that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the 

24 Lord ; f and to offer a sacrifice, according to that 
which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of 
turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, t 

25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, 
whose name was Simeon ; and the same man was 
just and devout, waiting for the consolation of 

26 Israel : and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And 

* Lev. 12 : 3. f Ex. 13 : 2 ; 34 : 19. { Lev. 12 : 8. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 17 

it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that 
he should not see death, before he had seen the 
Lk. 2.27 Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the 
temple : and when the parents brought in the child 
Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 

28 then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, 

29 and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant de- 

30 part in peace, according to thy word; for mine eyes 

31 have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared 

32 before the face of all people ; a light to lighten 
the Gentiles, # and the glory of thy people Israel. 

33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those 

34 things which were spoken of him. And Simeon 
blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Be- 
hold, this child is set for the fall and rising again 
of many in Israel ; and for a sign which shall be 

35 spoken against, yea, a sword shall pierce through 
thy own soul also ; that the thoughts of many 
hearts may be revealed. 

36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daugh- 
ter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher ; she was of a 
great age, and had lived with her husband seven 

37 years from her virginity ; and she was a widow of 
about fourscore and four years, which departed not 
from the temple, but served God with fastings and 

38 prayers night and day. And she, coming in that 
instant, gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and 
spake of him to all them that looked for redemp- 
tion in Jerusalem. 

* IS. 42 : 65 49 : 6 j 60 : 3. 



18 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Wise men from the East visit Christ — The children slain 
by Herod — Christ ivith the doctors in the temple. 

Lk. 2.39. And when they had performed all things, accord- 
ing to the law of the Lord, and had returned to 
Mt. 2. l Bethlehem, behold, there came wise men from the 
2 east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born 
King of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the 
s east, and are come to worship him. When Herod 
the king had heard these things, he was troubled, 

4 and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had 
gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the 
people together, he demanded of them where Christ 

5 should be born. And they said unto him, In Beth- 
lehem of Judea : for thus it is written by the 

6 prophet,* And thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, 
art not the least among the princes of Judah : for 
out of thee shall come a governor, that shall rule 

7 my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily 
called the wise men, inquired of them diligently 

8 what time the star appeared. And he sent them to 
Bethlehem, and said, Go, and search diligently for 
the young child ; and, when ye have found him, 
bring me word again, that I may come and worship 

9 him also. When they had heard the king, they 
departed ; and lo, the star, which they saw in the 
east, went before them, till it came and stood over 

* Mi. 5 : 2. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 19 

Mt.2.10 where the young child was. When they saw the 
star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 

11 And when they were come into the house, they 
saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell 
down, and worshipped him; and, when they had 
opened their treasures, they presented unto him 

12 gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And 
being warned of God in a dream, that they should 
not return to Herod, they departed into their own 
country another way. 

13 And when they were departed, behold the angel 
of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, say- 
ing, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, 
and nee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring 
thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to 

u destroy him. When he arose, he took the young 
child and his mother by night, and departed into 

15 Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod : 
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the 
Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I 
called my son.* 

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked 
of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent 
forth, and slew all the children that were in Beth- 
lehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years 
old and under, according to the time which he had 

17 diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was 
fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the 

is prophet, saying, In Raman was there a voice heard, 

* Hos - n • l. 
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THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, 
Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be 
comforted, because they are not.* 
Mt.2.19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of 
the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 

20 saying, Arise, and take the young child and his 
mother, and go into the land of Israel ; for they are 

21 dead which sought the young child's life. And he 
arose, and took the young child and his mother, and 

22 came into the land of Israel. But when he heard 
that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of 
his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : not- 
withstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he 

23 turned aside into the parts of Galilee : and he came 
and dwelt in a city called Nazareth : that it might 
be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He 

Lk. 2.40 shall be called a JSFazarene.f And the child grew, 
and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom ; and 
the grace of God was upon him. 
4i Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at 

42 the feast of the passover. And when he was twelve 
years old, they went up to Jerusalem, after the 

43 custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled 
the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried 
behind in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and his mother 

44 knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have 
been in the company, went a day's journey; and 
they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaint- 

45 ance. And when they found him not, they turned 

* Jer. 31 : 15. f Jud. 13 : 5 ; Is. 53 : 2, 3 ; Amos 2 : 11, 12. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 21 

Lk.2.4G back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it 
came to pass, that after three clays they found him 
in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, 
both hearing them, and asking them questions. 

47 And all that heard him were astonished at his 

48 understanding and answers. And when they saw 
him, they were amazed : and his mother said unto 
him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us ? be- 
hold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 

49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought 
me ? Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's 

50 business ? And they understood not the saying 
which he spake unto them. 

51 And he went down with them, and came to Naz- 
areth, and was subject unto them : but his mother 

52 kept -all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus 
increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with 
God and man. 



CHAPTER V. 

The preaching of John the Baptist — Christ baptized. 

Lk. 3. l Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tibe- 
rius Csesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of 
Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and 
his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the 
region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of 

2 Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, 
Mt.9.i the word of God came unto John the Baptist, the 

3 son of Zechariah in the wilderness of Judea. And 



22 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

he came into all the country about Jordan, preach- 
ing the baptism of repentance for the remission of 

Mt. 3. 2 sins : and saying, Repent ye : for the kingdom of 
s heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken 

Mk.1.2 of by the prophets,* Behold, I send my messenger 
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before 

Lk. 3. 4 thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths 

5 straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every 
mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the 
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways 

6 shall be made smooth ; and all flesh shall see the 
Mt. 3. 4 salvation of God. And the same John had his 

& raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about 

his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 

Mk.1.5 Then w^ent out to him they of Jerusalem, and all 

Judea, and all the region round about Jordan, 

Mt. 3. 6 and were baptized of him in the river Jordan, con- 

1 fessing their sins. But when he saw many of the 

Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he 

said unto them, generation of vipers! who hath 

8 warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? Bring 

9 forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance ; and 
think not to say, within yourselves, We have Abra- 
ham to our father : for I say unto you, That God is 
able of these stones to raise up children unto Abra- 

io ham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root 

Lk. 3. 9 of the trees ; every tree, therefore, which bringeth 

not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the 

* Mai. 3:1. t Is. 40 : 34 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 23 

Lk.3.10 fire. And the people asked him, saying, What 

11 shall we do, then ? He answereth and saith unto 
them, he that hath two coats, let him impart to him 
that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do 

12 likewise. Then came, also, publicans to be bap- 
tized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do ? 

13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that 
u which is appointed you. And the soldiers, like- 
wise, demanded of him, saying, And what shall we 
do ? And he said unto them, Do violence to no 
man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content 
with your wages. 

15 And as the people were in expectation, and all 
men mused in their hearts of John, whether he 

16 were the Christ or not ; John answered, saying 
Mt. 3.ii unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water unto 
Mk. i. 7 repentance ; but there cometh one mightier than I 

after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not wor 
Lk. 3.16 thy to stoop down and unloose. He shall baptize 

17 you with the Holy Ghost and with fire : whose fan 
is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his 
floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner ; 
but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. 

18 And many other things, in his exhortation, preached 
he unto the people. 

21 Now, when all the people were baptized, it came to 
Mk.i.9 pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth 
Mt. 3.13 of Galilee, to Jordan, unto John, to be baptized of 

u him. But John forbade him, saying, I have need 
to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me ? 



24 THE HISTORY OE CHRIST. 

Mt.3.15 And Jesus answering, said unto him, Suffer it to be 

so now ; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all right- 

16 eousness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when 

he was baptized, went up straightway out of the 

Lk.3.21 water: and, praying, lo, the heavens were opened 

22 unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God in a bodily 

shape like a dove descending and lighting upon him. 

Mt.3.17 And, lo, a voice came from heaven, saying, This is 

my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 



CHAPTER VI. 

Christ tempted in the wilderness — John the Evangelist's 
testimony of Christ. 

Lk. 3.23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years 

i^ii °^ a & e - ^ n( ^ k em S ft^ °f tne Holy Ghost, he re- 
& turned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into 
Mk.i.i3 tne w iid ern ess, to be tempted of the devil. And he 
Lk. 4. was there in the wilderness forty days and forty 
1—13 n ights, and was with the wild beasts. And in those 
days he did eat nothing, and when they were ended, 
he afterward hungered. And the devil came unto 
him, and said, If thou be the Son of God, com- 
mand that these stones be made bread. Jesus 
answered him, saying, It is written, man shall not 
live by bread alone, but by every word that pro- 
ceeded out of the mouth of God.* Then the devil 

Deut. 8 : 3. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 25 

taketh him up to Jerusalem, the holy city, and set- 
teth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto 
him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down 
from hence : for it is written, He shall give his 
angels charge over thee, to keep thee ; and in their 
hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou 
dash thy foot against a stone.* Jesus said unto 
him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the 
Lord thy God.t Again, the devil taketh him up 
into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him 
all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, 
in a moment of time. And he said unto him, All 
this power will I give thee, and the glory of them : 
for that is delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever I 
will I give it. If, therefore, thou wilt fall down 
and worship me, all shall be thine. Jesus saith 
unto him, Get thee hence, Satan : for it is written, 
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only 
shalt thou serve.J Then the devil departed from 
him for a season ; and, behold, angels came and 
ministered unto him. 
Jn.1.1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word 

2 was with God, and the Word was God. The same 

3 was in the beginning with God. All things were 
made by him ; and without him was not any thing 

4 made that was made. In him was life ; and the 

5 life was the light of men. And the light shineth 
in darkness ; and the darkness comprehended it not. 

* Ps. 91 : 11, 12. t Deut. 6 : 16. J Deut. 10 : 20. 



26 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST, 

Jn. i. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name 

7 was John. The same came for a witness, to bear 
witness of the Light, that all men through him 

8 might believe. He was not that Light, but was 

9 sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the 
true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh 

io into the world. He was in the world, and the 

world was made by him, and the world knew him 

n not. He came unto his own, and his own received 

12 him not. But as many as received him, to them 
gave he power to become the sons of God, even to 

13 them that believe on his name : which were born, 
not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the 
will of man, but of God. 

u And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among 
us and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the 
only begotten of the Father, full of grace and 

15 truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, say- 
ing, This was he of whom 1 spake, He that cometh 
after me is preferred before me : for he was before 

16 me. And of his fulness have all we received, 

17 and grace for grace. For the law was given by 
Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 

18 No man hath seen God at any time ; the only be- 
gotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he 
hath declared him.* 

* These eighteen verses are a declaration of John concerning Christ ; 
and have no particular place, as to time, in Christ's history, but are 
appropriate at any time. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 27 

CHAPTER VII. 

Johns testimony of Christ, continued. 

Jn. 1.19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews 
sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask 

20 him, Who art thou ? And he confessed, and denied 

21 not ; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And 
they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? 
And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet ? 

22 And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, 
Who art thou ? that we may give an answer to 
them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 

23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wil- 
derness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said 

24 the prophet Isaiah.* And they which were sent 

25 were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and 
said unto him, Why baptizest thou, then, if thou be 
not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet? 

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water ; 
but there standeth one among you, whom ye know 

27 not ; he it is, who, coming after me, is preferred 
before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to 

28 unloose. These things were done in Bethabara, 
beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. 

29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, 
and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh 

30 away the sin of the world ! This is he of whom I 
said, After me cometh a man which is preferred 

* Is. 40 . 3. 



28 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Jn. i. 3i before me ; for he was before me. And I knew 
him not : but that he should be made manifest to 
Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 

32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit 
descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode 

33 upon him. And I knew him not : but he that sent 
me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, 
Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, 
and remaining on him, the same is he which bap- 

34 tizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare 
record that this is the Son of God. 

35 Again, the next day after, John stood, and two 

36 of his disciples ; and looking upon Jesus as he 

37 walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God ! And 
the two disciples heard him speak, and they fol- 

38 lowed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them 
following, and saith unto them, What seek ye ? 
They said unto him, Rabbi, which is to say, being 

39 interpreted, Master, where dwellest thou ? He 
saith unto them, Come and see. They came and 
saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day, 

40 for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two 
which heard John speak, and followed him, was 

41 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth 
his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We 
have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, 

42 the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And 
when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon 
the son of Jonah : thou shalt be called Cephas, 

43 which is, by interpretation, A stone. The day fol- 



THE HISTORY OY CHRIST. 29 

Jn.1.43 lowing, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and find- 

44 eth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now 
Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and 

45 Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto 
him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law 
and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the 

46 son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, 
Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth ? 

47 Philip saith unto him, Come and see. Jesus saw 
Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold 

48 an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile ! Nathan- 
ael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me ? 
Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that 
Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig- 

49 tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and saith 
unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God ; thou 

so art the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said 
unto him, Because I said unto thee I saw thee 
under the fig-tree, believest thou ? thou shalt see 

51 greater things than these. And he saith unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall 
see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending 
and descending upon the Son of man.* 

* Gen. 28 : 12. 



30 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

Jesus attends a marriage, and turns water into wine — 
Goes up to the first pass over after his baptism. 

Jn. 2. l And the third day there was a marriage in Cana 
of Galilee ; and the mother of Jesus was there ; 

2 and both Jesus was called and his disciples to the 

3 marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother 

4 of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus 
saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with 

5 thee ? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith 
unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, 

6 do it. And there were set six water-pots of stone, 
after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, con- 

7 taining two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith 
unto them, Fill the water-pots with water. And 

8 they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto 
them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor 

9 of the feast. And they bare it. When the ruler 
of the feast had tasted the water that was made 
wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants 
which drew the water knew), the governor of the 

io feast called the bridegroom, and said unto him, 
Every man at the beginning doth set forth good 
wine, and when men have well drunk, then that 
which is worse ; but thou hast kept the good wine 

n until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus 
in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory ; 
and his disciples believed on him. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 31 

Jn.2.12 After this, he went down to Capernaum, he and 

his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples ; and 

they continued there not many days. 
13 And the Jews' passover was at hand ; and Jesus 
H went up to Jerusalem, and found in the temple 

those that sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the 
15 changers of money, sitting. And, when he had 

made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all 

out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; 

and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew 
is the tables ; and said unto them that sold doves, 

Take these things hence ; make not my Father's 

17 house an house of merchandise. And his disciples 
remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine 
house hath eaten me up.* 

18 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, 
What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou 

19 doest these things ? Jesus answered and said unto 
them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will 

20 raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years 
was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it 

21 up in three days ? But he spake of the temple of 

22 his body. When, therefore, he was risen from the 
dead, his disciples remembered that he had said 
this unto them ; and they believed the scripture, 
and the word which Jesus had said. 

* Ps. 69 : 9. 

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32 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



CHAPTER IX. 

Christ converses with and instructs Nicodemus — Trav- 
els in Judea. 

Jn. 2.23 Now, when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, 
in the feast day, many believed in his name, when 

24 they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus 
did not commit himself unto them, because he knew 

25 all men ; and needed not that any should testify of 
man, for he knew what was in man. 

Jn. 3. l There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nico- 

2 demus, a ruler of the Jews ; the same came to 
Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know 
that thou art a teacher come from God ; for no man 
can do these miracles that thou doest, except God 

3 be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, 
Yerily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be 
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 

4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be 
born when he is old ? Can he enter the second 

5 time into his mother's womb, and be born ? Jesus 
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a 
man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot 

6 enter into the kingdom of God. That which is 
born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of 

7 the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto 

8 thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth 
where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, 
but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 

Jn. 3. 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can 

10 these things be ? Jesus answered and said unto 

him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not 
n these things ? Verily, verily I say unto thee, We 

speak that we do know, and testify that we have 

12 seen, and ye receive not our witness. If I have 
told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how 
shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things ? 

13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven but he that 
came down from heaven, even the Son of man, 
which is in heaven. 

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent * in the wil- 
derness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, 

15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 
but have eternal life. 

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his 
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 

17 should not perish, but have everlasting life. For 
God sent not his Son into the world to condemn 
the world, but that the world through him might 
be saved. 

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned ; but 
he that believeth not is condemned already ; because 
he hath not believed in the name of the only begot- 

19 ten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, 
that light is come into the world, and men loved 
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were 

20 evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the 

* Num. 21 : 9. 



34 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

light, neither coineth to the light, lest his deeds 
Jn.3.21 should be reproved. But he that doeth truth 
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made 
manifest that they are wrought in God. 

22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples 
into the land of Judea, and there he tarried with 
them and baptized. 

23 And John also was baptizing in Enon, near to 
Salim, because there was much water there ; and 

24 they came, and were baptized ; for John was not 
yet cast into prison. 



CHAPTER X. 



John the Baptist bears testimony of Christ — Reproves 
Herod) and is cast into prison. 

jn.3.25 Then there arose a question between some of 
John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. 

26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, 
he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou 
barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all 

27 men come to him. John answered and said, A man 
can receive nothing, except it be given him from 

28 heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness that I 
said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before 

29 him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom ; 
but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth 
and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the 
bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is ful- 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 35 

Jn.3.30 filled. He must increase, but I must decrease. 

31 He that cometh from above is above all ; he that is 
of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth ; 

32 he that cometh from heaven is above all. And 
what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth ; and 

33 no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath 
received his testimony hath set to his seal that 

34 God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh 
the words of God ; for God giveth not the Spirit 

35 by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, 

36 and hath given all things into his hand. He that 
believeth on the Son hath everlasting life ; and he 
that believeth not the Son shall not see life ; but 
the wrath of God abide th on him. 

Lk.3.i9 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by John 
& for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife (for he had 
Mk.6.17 married her), and for all the evils which Herod had 
Lk.3.20 done, added yet this above all, that he shut him up 
Mk.6.i8 in prison. For John had said unto Herod, It is 
not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. 

19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and 

20 would have killed him ; but she could not. For 
Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just 
man, and a holy, and observed him ; and when he 
heard him, he did many things, and heard him 
gladly. 



36 THE HISTOKY OF CHKIST. 

CHAPTER XI. 

Christ leaves Judea to return to Galilee — Stops on the 
way, and converses with the Samaritan woman at 
Jacob's well. 

Jn. 4. 1 When, therefore, the Lord knew how the Phari- 
sees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more 
2 disciples than John (though Jesus himself baptized 
Mt.4.12 not, but his disciples), and had heard that John was 
s cast into prison, he left Judea, and returned in the 
Lk.4.i4 power of the Spirit into Galilee ; and he must 
Jn. 4. 5 needs go through Samaria. Then cometh he to a 
city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the 
parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.* 

6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, 
being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the 

7 well ; and it was about the sixth hour. There 
cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water ; Jesus 

8 saith unto her, Give me to drink (for his disciples 

9 were gone away unto the city to buy meat). Then 
saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it 
that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which 
am a woman of Samaria ? For the Jews have no 

io dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered 
and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of 
God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to 
drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he 

n would have given thee living water. The woman 
saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, 

* Qen. 33 : 19. Josh. 24 : 32. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 37 

and the well is deep ; from whence, then, hast thou 

Jn. 4.12 that living water ? Art thou greater than our 

father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank 

thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle ? 

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drink- 

14 eth of this water shall thirst again ; but whosoever 
drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall 
never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him 
shall be in him a well of water springing up into 

15 everlasting life. The woman saith unto him, Sir, 
give me this water, that I thirst not, neither 

16 come hither to draw. Jesus saith unto her, Go, 

17 call thy husband, and come hither. The woman 
answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said 
unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband ; 

18 for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou 
now hast is not thy husband ; in that saidst thou 

19 truly. The woman said unto him, Sir, I perceive 

20 that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped 
in this mountain ; and ye say, That in Jerusalem is 

21 the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith 
unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when 
ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Je- 

22 rusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know 
not what ; we know what we worship ; for salvation 

23 is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, 
when the true worshippers shall worship the Father 
in spirit and in truth ; for the Father seeketh such 

24 to worship him. God is a spirit ; and they that 
worship him, must worship him in spirit and in 



38 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Jn.4.25 truth. The woman said unto him, I know that 
Messiah cometh, which is called Christ ; when he is 

26 come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto 
her, I that speak unto thee am he. 

27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled 
that he talked with the woman; yet no man said, 
"What seekest thou ? or, Why talkest thou with her ? 

28 The woman then left her water-pot, and went her 

29 way into the city, and saith to the men, Come see 
a man which told me all things that ever I did ; is 

30 not this the Christ ? Then they went out of the 
city, and came unto him. 

31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, say- 

32 ing, Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have 

33 meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said 
the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought 

34 him aught to eat ? Jesus saith unto them, My meat 
is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish 

35 his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, 
and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, 
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they 

36 are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth 
receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eter- 
nal ; that both he that soweth and he that reapeth 

37 may rejoice together. And herein is that saying 

38 true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you 
to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor ; other 
men labored, and ye are entered into their labors. 

39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed 
on- him for the saying of the woman, which testified, 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 39 

Jn.4.40 He told me all that ever I did. So when the Sa- 
maritans were come unto him, they besought him 
that he would tarry with them ; and he abode there 

41 two days. And many more believed because of his 

42 own word, and said unto the woman, Now we be- 
lieve, not because of thy saying ; for we have heard 
him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the 
Christ, the Saviour of the world. 



CHAPTEE XII. 

Christ arrives in Galilee — Preaches in the synagogue 
with great success — Heals a nobleman's son — Comes 
to Nazareth — Preaches in the synagogue — Is re- 
jected by the Jews, 

Jn.4.43 Now, after two days, he departed thence, and 

44 went into Galilee ; for Jesus himself testified that 

45 a prophet hath no honor in his own country. Then, 
when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans re- 
ceived him, having seen all the things that he did 
at Jerusalem at the feast ; for they also went unto 
the feast. 

Mt.4.i7 From that time Jesus began to preach the gospel 
Mk.i.i5 of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is 

fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand ; repent 
Lk. 4.14 ye, and believe the gospel ; and there went out a 

fame of him through all the region round about. 

15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified 

of all. 

5 



40 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Jn. 4.46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where 
he made the water wine. And there was a certain 

47 nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. When 
he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into 
Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that 
he would come down and heal his son ; for he was 

48 at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, 
Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. 

49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere 

50 my child die. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; 
thy son liveth. And the man believed the word 
that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his 

51 way. And, as he was now going down, his ser- 
vants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. 

52 Then inquired he of them the hour when he began 
to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday, at 

53 the seventh hour, the fever left him. So the father 
knew that it was at the same hour in the which 
Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth : and himself 

54 believed and his whole house. This is again the 
second miracle that Jesus did when he was come 
out of Judea into Galilee. 

Lk.4.16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been 
brought up : and, as his custom was, he went into 
the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for 

17 to read. And there was delivered unto him the 
book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had 
opened the book, he found the place where it was 

18 written,* The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because 

* Isa. 61 : 1. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 41 

he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the 
poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, 
to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering 
of sight to the blind ; to set at liberty them that 
Lk.4.i9 are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the 

20 Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it 
again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes 
of all them that were in the synagogue were fas- 

21 tened on him. And he began to say unto them, 
This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 

22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gra- 
cious words which proceeded out of his mouth. 

23 And they said, Is not this Joseph's son ? And he 
said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this 
proverb, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we 
have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy 

24 country. And he said, Yerily I say unto you, No 

25 prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell 
you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the 
days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three 
years and six months, when great famine was 

26 throughout all the land ; but unto none of them was 
Elijah sent, save unto Zarephath, a city of Sidon, 

27 unto a woman that was a widow.* And many lepers 
were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, 
and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the 

28 Syrian.! And all they in the synagogue, when 

29 they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and 
rose up, and flirust him out of the city, and led him 

* 1 Ki. 17 : 9—16. t 2 Ki. 5 : 8—14. 



42 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was 
built, that the j might cast him down headlong. 
Lu.4.30 But he, passing through the midst of them, went 
his way. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

He leaves Nazareth and goes down again to Caper- 
naum — Preaches out of a boat at the sea-side — 
The great draught of fishes — Calls Peter, Andrew, 
James, and John — Heals a demoniac — Heals Simon 
Peter's wife's mother. 

Mt.4.i3 And, leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in 
Capernaum, which is upon the sea-coast, in the bor- 

14 ders of Zebulon and Naphtali ; that it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, 

15 saying,* The land of Zebulon and the land of 
Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, 

16 G-alilee of the Gentiles ; the people which sat in 
darkness saw great light ; and to them which sat in 
the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up. 

Lk. 5. l And it came to pass that, as the people pressed 
upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the 

Mt.4.18 lake of Gennesaret, which is the sea of Galilee, 

Lk. 5. 2 and saw two ships standing by the lake, but the 
& fishermen were gone out of them. And he saw two 

Mt.4.18 brethren, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his 
brother, who had heen casting their nets into the 
sea (for they were fishers), and they were washing 

* Is. 9 : 1, 2. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 43 

Lk. 5. 3 their nets. And he entered into one of the ships, 
which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would 
thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, 
and taught the people out of the ship. 

4 Now, when he had left speaking, he said unto 
Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your 

6 nets for a draught. And Simon answering, said 
unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and 
have taken nothing : nevertheless, at thy word I 

6 will let down the net. And when they had this 
done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes : and 

7 their net brake. And they beckoned unto their 
partners, which were in the other ship, that they 
should come and help them. And they came, and 
filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. 

8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' 
knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful 

9 man, Lord. For he was astonished, and all that 
were with him, at the draught of the fishes which 

10 they had taken : and so was also James and John, 

the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Si- 

Mt.4.19 mon. And Jesus said unto them, Fear not. Fol- 

Mk.1.17 low me, and I will make you to become fishers of 

18 men. And straightway they forsook their nets, 

Mt.4.21 and followed him. And when he saw other two 

brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his 

brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mend- 

Mk.1.20 ing their nets, straightway he called them : and 

immediately they left their father Zebedee in the 

ship with the hired servants, and went after him. 

5* 



44 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



Mk.i.2i And they went into Capernaum ; and straightway 
on the Sabbath-day, he entered into the synagogue, 

Lk.4.32 and taught. And his word was with power. 

Mk.1.22 And they were astonished at his doctrine ; for he 
taught them as one that had authority, and not as 

Lk. 4.33 the scribes. And in the synagogue there was a 
man which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and he 

34 cried out with a loud voice, saying, Let us alone ; 
what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Naz- 
areth ? Art thou come to destroy us ? I know thee 

35 who thou art ; the Holy One of God. And Jesus 
rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out 
of him. And when the devil had thrown him in 
the midst, and torn him,* he came out of him, and 

36 hurt him not. And they were all amazed, and 
spake among themselves, saying, What a word 

Mk.i.27 is this ! what new doctrine is this ? For with 
Lk. 4.36 authority and power, he commandeth the unclean 
Mk.i.28 spirits, and they do obey him. And the fame of 
Lk. 4.37 him went out into every place of the country round 

about. 
Mk.i.29 And when they were come out of the synagogue, 

they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, 
Lk. 4.38 with James and John. And Simon's wife's mother 

was taken with a great fever ; and they besought 

39 him for her. And he stood over her, and rebuked 

Mk.i.3ithe fever; and took her by the hand, and lifted her 

up ; and immediately the fever left her, and she 
Lk. 4.39 arose, and ministered unto them. 

* Probably his clothes. 



THE 1IIST011Y OF CHRIST. 43 



Mk.1.32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought 
unto him all that were diseased, and them that were 
33 possessed with devils. And all the city was gath- 
ered together at the door , and he cast out many 

Lk. 4.41 devils ; who cried out, saying, Thou art Christ, the 

Son of God. And he, rebuking them, suffered 

them not to speak : for they knew that he was 

40 Christ ; and he laid his hands on all that were 

lit. 8.16 s i c ]^ an <i healed them; that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by Isaiah* the prophet, saying, 
Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. 

Mk.1.35 And in the morning, rising up a great while be- 
fore day, he went out, and departed into a solitary 

36 place, and there prayed. And Simon, and they 

37 that were with him, followed after him. And when 
Lk.4.42 they had found him, they stayed him, that he 

should not depart from them, and said unto him, 
Mk.i.38 All men seek for thee. And he said unto them, 
Lk. 4.43 Let us go into the next towns, for I must preach 
the kingdom of God to other cities also ; for there- 
fore am I sent. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

Christ heals a leper — Heals a palsied man. 

Mt.4.23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in 
their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the 
kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness, and 

* Is. 53 : 4, 5. 



46 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

Mt.4.24 all manner of disease, among the people. And his 
fame went throughout all Syria ; and they brought 
unto him all sick people that were taken with di- 
vers diseases and torments, and those which were 
possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, 
and those that had the palsy, and he healed them. 
25 And there followed him great multitudes of people 
from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jeru- 
salem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan. 
Lk.5.12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain 
Mk.1.40 city, behold, there came a leper to him, beseeching 
him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto 
him, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 

41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his 
hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will : 

42 be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy de- 

43 parted from him, and he was cleansed. And Jesus 
Mt. 8. 4 sent him away and straitly charged him, See thou 
Mk.i.44 tell no man, but go thy way, show thyself to the 

priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things 

which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto 

45 them.* But he went out, and began to publish it 

Lk. 5.15 much, and to blaze abroad the matter ; and great 

multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed 
Mk.i.45 by him of their infirmities, insomuch that Jesus 
Lk. 5.16 could no more openly enter into the city. And he 

withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. 
Mk.2.1 And again he entered into Capernaum, after 

some days ; and it was noised that he was in the 

* Lev. 14 : 2—20. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 47 

Mk. 2.2 house. And straightway many were gathered to- 
gether, insomuch that there was no room to receive 
Lk.5.17 them, no, not so much as about the door ; and there 
were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, 
which were come out of every town of Galilee, and 
Mk. 2. 2 Judea, and Jerusalem : and he preached the word 
Lk. 5.17 unto them, and the power of the Lord was present 
Mk. 2.3 to heal them. And they come unto him, bringing 
one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 

4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for 
Lk.5.i9 the press, they went upon the house-top, and uncov- 
Mk. 2.4 ered the roof where he was ; and when they had 

broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick 

5 of the palsy lay into the midst before him. When 
Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the 

Mt. 9.2 palsy, Son, be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven thee. 
Mk. 2. 6 But there were certain of the scribes and Pharisees 

7 sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why 
doth this man thus speak blasphemies ? Who can 

8 forgive sins but God only ? And immediately, when 
Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned 
within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason 

9 ye these things in your hearts ? Whether is it 
easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be 
forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy 

10 bed, and walk ? But that ye may know that the 
Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (he 

n saith to the sick of the palsy), I say unto thee, 
arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into 

12 thine house. And immediately he arose, took up 



48 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt. 9. 8 the bed, and went forth before them all ; and they 
& were all amazed : and glorified Grod ; which had 

Mk.2.12 given such power to men, saying, We have seen 
& strange things to-day ; we never saw it on this 

Lk.5.26 fashion. 



CHAPTER XV. 

Christ calls Levi — Goes up to Jerusalem to the second 
Passover — Heals a man at the fool — Explains his 
character in the Temple. 

Mk.2.13 And he went forth again by the sea-side ; and all 

the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught 

14 them. And as he passed by, he saw a publican 

Lk.5.27 named Levi,* the son of Alpheus, sitting at the 

Mk.2.14 receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. 

And he arose and followed him. 
Jn. 5. l After this there was a feast of the Jews : and 

2 Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at 
Jerusalem, by the sheep-market, a pool, which is 
called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five 

3 porches. In these lay a great multitude of impo- 
tent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the 

4 moving of the water. For an angel went down at 
a certain season into the pool, and troubled the 
water ; whosoever then first, after the troubling of 
the water, stepped in, was made whole of whatso- 

5 ever disease he had. And a certain man was 
there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight 

* Called also Matthew. 



THE HISTORY OF CHMST. 49 

Jn. 5. 6 years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he 
had been now a long time in that case, he saith 

7 unto him, Wilt thou be made whole ? The impo- 
tent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when 
the water is troubled, to put me into the pool ; but, 
while I am coming, another steppeth down before 

8 me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed 

9 and walk. And immediately the man was made 
whole, and took up his bed, and walked; and on 
the same day was the Sabbath. 

io The Jews, therefore, said unto him that was 
cured, It is the Sabbath-day ; it is not lawful for 

n thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He 
that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take 

12 up thy bed, and walk. Then asked they him, 
What man is that which said unto thee, Take up 

13 thy bed, and walk ? And he that was healed wist 
not who it was ; for Jesus had conveyed himself 

14 away, a multitude being in that place. Afterward 
Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, 
Behold, thou art made whole : sin no more, lest a 

15 worse thing come upon thee. The man departed 
and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had 

16 made him whole. And therefore did the Jews per- 
secute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he 
had done these things on the Sabbath-day. 

17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh 

18 hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought 
the more to kill him, because he not only had 
broken the Sabbath, but said also, that God was his 



50 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

Father, making himself equal with God. Then 
Jn. 5.19 answered Jesus, and said unto them, Verily, ver- 
ily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of 
himself, but what he seeth the Father do ; for what 
things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son 

20 likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and 
showeth him all things that himself doeth : and he 
will show him greater works than these, that ye 

21 may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the 
dead, and quickeneth them ; even so the Son quiek- 

22 eneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no 
man ; but hath committed all judgment unto the 

23 Son : that all men should honor the Son, even as 
they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the 
Son, honoreth not the Father which hath sent him. 

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth 
my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath 
everlasting life, and shall not come into condemna- 

25 tion ; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now 
is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son 

26 of Grod ; and they that hear shall live. For as 
the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to 

27 the Son to have life in himself: and hath given 
him authority to execute judgment also, because he 

28 is the Son of man. Marvel not at this ; for the 
hour is coming, in the which all that are in the 

29 graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they 
that have done good unto the resurrection of life ; 
and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 51 

Jn. 5.30 of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing ; 
as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just ; be- 
cause I seek not mine own will, but the will of the 
Father, which hath sent me. 

31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not 

32 true. There is another that beareth witness of me, 
and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of 

33 me is true. Ye sent unto John, and he bear wit- 

34 ness unto the truth. But I receive not testimony 
from man ; but these things I say, that ye might be 

35 saved. He was a burning and a shining light ; and 
ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 

36 But I have greater witness than that of John ; 
for the works which the Father hath given me to 
finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of 

37 me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father 
himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of 
me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, 

38 nor seen his shape. And ye have not his word 
abiding in you; for whom he hath sent, him ye 
believe not. 

39 Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye think ye 
have eternal life ; and they are they which testify 

40 of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might 
have life. 

41 I receive not honor from men. But I know 

42 you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 

43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me 
not : if another shall come in his own name, him 

44 ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive 

6 



52 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

honor one of another, and seek not the honor that 

Jn. 5.45 cometh from God only? Do not think that I will 

accuse you to the Father; there is one that ac- 

46 cuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For, 
had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me ; 

47 for he wrote of me. Eut if ye believe not his 
writings, how shall ye believe my words ? 



CHAPTER XVI. 

The disciples pluck the ears of corn — Christ restores 
the withered hand, and heals many. 

Lk. 6.1 And it came to pass, on the second Sabbath after 
the first, that Jesus went through the corn-fields ; 

Mt.12.1 and his disciples were a hungered, and began to 
pluck the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them 

Lk. 6.2 in their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said 

unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful 

3 to do on the Sabbath-days ? And Jesus answering 

them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what 

David did,* when himself was a hungered, and they 

Mk.2.26 which were with him, in the days of Abiathar the 

Lk. 6.4 high priest ? How he went into the house of God, 
and did take and eat the shew-bread, and gave also 
to them that were with him ; which it is not lawful 

Mt.12.5 to eat but for the priests alone ? f Or, have ye not 
read in the law, how that, on the Sabbath-days, the 
priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are 

* 1 Sain. 21 : 1—7. t Lev. 24 : 9. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 53 

Mt 12.6 blameless?* But I say unto you, That in this 
7 place is one greater than the temple. But if ye 

had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, 

and not sacrifice,! ye would not have condemned 

Mk.2.27 the guiltless ; for the Sabbath was made for man, 

2s and not man for the Sabbath ; therefore the Son of 

man is Lord also of the Sabbath. 
Lk. c. 6 And it came to pass, also, on another Sabbath, 

that he entered into the synagogue and taught; 

and there was a man whose right hand was with- 

7 ered. And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, 
whether he would heal on the Sabbath-day ; that 

8 they might find an accusation against him. But he 
knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had 
the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the 

9 midst. And he arose, and stood forth. Then said 
Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing ; Is it 
lawful on the Sabbath-days to" do good, or to do 

»a. 3.5 evil ? to save life, or to destroy it ? And when he 
had looked round about on them with anger, being 
grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith 
unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he 
stretched it forth ; and his hand was restored whole 
^ as the other. And he said unto them, What man 
shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, 
and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath-day, will he 
12 not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much, 
then, is a man better than a sheep ? Wherefore it 

Lk. 6.ii is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-days. And 

* Num. 28 : 9, 15. t Hos. 6 : 6; Mi. 6:6-8. 



54 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mk. 3. 6 they were filled with madness ; and the Pharisees 

went forth, and straightway took counsel with the 

Herodians against him, how they might destroy 

Mfc - him. But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew him- 

12.15 

Mk 3 7 se ^ W ^k ^ S disciples to the sea ; and a great 
multitude from Galilee followed him, and from 

8 Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and 
from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and 
Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard 

9 what great things he did, came unto him. And he 
spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait 
on him, because of the multitude, lest they should 

io throng him, for he had healed many; insomuch 

that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as 

n many as had plagues. And unclean spirits, when 

they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, 

Mt. Thou art the Son of God ; and he healed them all, and 

12,16 charged them that they should not make him known; 

17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken Jjy 

18 Isaiah * the prophet, saying, Behold my servant, 
whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my 
soul is well pleased : I will put my Spirit upon 
him, and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles. 

19 He shall not strive nor cry ; neither shall any man 

20 hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed 
shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not 
quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory, 

21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 

*Is. 42: 1—4. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST, 55 



CHAPTER XVII. 

Christ appoints the twelve apostles — Heals many — 
Commences his sermon on the mount. 

Lk.6.12 And Jesus went out into a mountain to pray, and 

13 continued all night in prayer to God ; and, when it 
Mk.3.13 was day, he called unto him his disciples whom he 

14 would ; and they came unto him. And he ordained 
twelve, whom he also named apostles, that they should 
be with him, and that he might send them forth to 

15 preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to 

Mt - 10 - cast out devils. Now the names of the twelve apos- 

. ties are these ; the first, Simon, whom he also named 

Mk. 3. Peter, and Andrew his brother ; James, the son of 

13—19 Zebedee, and John his brother, and he surnamed 

& them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder ; 

Lk. 6. # ° ' 

12— ia Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the 
publican; James, the son of Alpheus, and Judas, 
the brother of James, who is also called Lebbeus and 
Thaddeus; and Simon the Canaanite, called Zelotes, 
and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him. 
Lk.6.i7 And he came down with them, and stood in the 
plain ; and the company of his disciples were there, 
and also a great multitude of people out of all Ju- 
dea and Jerusalem, and from the sea-coast of Tyre 
and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be 

18 healed of their diseases, and they that were vexed 

19 with unclean spirits ; and they were healed. And 

6* 



56 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

the whole multitude sought to touch him ; for there 

went virtue out of him, and healed them all. 

Mt. 5.1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a 

mountain ; and, when he was set, his disciples came 

2 unto him ; and he opened his mouth, and taught 

s them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit ; for 

4 theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they 

5 that mourn ; for they shall be comforted. Blessed 
are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. 

6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after 

7 righteousness ; for they shall be filled. Blessed are 

8 the merciful ; for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed 
are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. 

9 Blessed are the peacemakers ; for they shall be 
io called the children of God. Blessed are they which 

are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs 

ii is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when 

Lk.6.22 men shall revile you, and persecute you, and when 

Mt.5.n they shall separate you from their company, and 

shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for 

12 my sake. Bejoice, and be exceeding glad; for 

great is your reward in heaven ; for so persecuted 

Lk.6.24 they the prophets which were before you. But woe 

unto you that are rich ! for ye have received your 

25 consolation. Woe unto you that are full ! for ye 
shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now ! for 

26 ye shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you when all 
men shall speak well of you ! for so did their fathers 
to the false prophets. 

Mt.5.i3 Ye are the salt of the earth ; but if the salt have 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 57 

lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? It is 
thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and 
Mt.5. 14 to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light 
of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot 
15 be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it 
Mk.4.21 under a bushel, or under a bed, but on a candlestick, 
and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 
Mt. 5.16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may 
see your good works, and glorify your Father which 
is in heaven. 
it Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or 
the prophets ; I am not come to destroy, but to ful- 
ls fil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and 
earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass 

19 from the law till all be fulfilled. Whosoever, there- 
fore, shall break one of these least commandments, 
and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least 
in the kingdom of heaven ; but whosoever shall do 
and teach them, the same shall be called great in 

20 the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, Except 
your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of 
the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case 
enter into the kingdom of heaven. 



58 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

Sermon continued. 

Mt. 5.21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old 
time, Thou shalt not kill ;* and whosoever shall kill 

22 shall be in danger of the judgment ; but I say unto 
you, That whosoever is angry with his brother with- 
out a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment ; 
and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall 
be in danger of the council ; but whosoever shall 
say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 

23 Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and 
there rememberest that thy brother hath aught 

24 against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, 
and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, 

25 and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine 
adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with 
him, lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to 
the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, 

26 and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto 
thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence till 
thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. 

27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old 

28 time, Thou shalt not commit adultery ; \ but I say 
unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to 
lust after her, hath committed adultery with her 

29 already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend 

* Ex. 20 : 13-, 21 : 14', Lev. 24 : 21. t Ex. 20 : 14*, Lev. 20: 10. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 59 

thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee ; for it is 
profitable for thee that one of thy members should 
perish, and not that thy whole body should be 
Mt. 5.30 cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, 
cut it off, and cast it from thee ; for it is profitable 
for thee that one of thy members should perish, 
and not that thy whole body should be cast into 

31 hell. It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce- 

32 ment ; * but I say unto you, that whosoever shall put 
away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, 

lo.ii and marry another, committeth adultery; and he 
Mt.5.32 causeth her to commit adultery ; and whosoever 
shall marry her that is divorced committeth adul- 
tery. 

33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by 
them of old time, Thou shalt not forsware thyself, but 

34 shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths. t But I 
say unto you, Swear not at all ; neither by heaven, 

35 for it is God's throne ; nor by the earth, for it is his 
footstool ; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city 

36 of the great King ; neither shalt thou swear by thy 
head, because thou canst not make one hair white 

37 or black. But let your communication be, Yea, 
yea : nay, nay ; for whatsoever is more than these 
cometh of evil. 

38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for 

39 an eye, and a tooth for a tooth ; % but I say unto 

* Deut. 24 : 1. t Ex. 20 : 16; Lev. 19 : 12. % Ex. 21 : 24, 25. Deut. 
19 ; 21. 



60 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



you, That ye resist not evil ; but whosoever shall 

smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other 

Mt.5.40 also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and 

take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go 

42 with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and 
from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou 

Lk. 6.30 away ; and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask 

them not again. 
Mt.5.43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt 

44 love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy ; * but I 
say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that 
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray 
for them which despitefully use you, and persecute 

45 you ; that ye may be the children of your Father 
which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise 
on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on 

46 the just and on the unjust. For, if ye love them 
which love you, what reward have ye ? Do not 

Lk. 6.32 even the publicans and sinners also love those that 
Mt.5.47 love them ? And if ye salute your brethren only, 

what do ye more than others ? Do not even the 
Lk. 6.33 publicans so ? And if ye do good to them which 

do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners 

34 also do even the same. And if ye lend to them of 
whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye ? for 
sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much 

35 again. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and 

* Lev. 19 : 18. Deut. 23 : 6. Ps. 139 : 21, 22. 



THE HIST0KY Oi' CHRIST. 61 

Lk.6.35 lend, hoping for nothing again ; and your reward 
shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the 
Highest ; for he is kind unto the unthankful, and to 
the evil. 

sit 5.48 Be ye, therefore, perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

Sermon continued. 

Mt. 6.1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, 
to be seen of them ; otherwise ye have no reward 

2 of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore, 
when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet 
before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues 
and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. 
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 

s But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand 

4 know what thy right hand doeth ; that thine alms 
may be in secret, and thy Father, which seeth in 
secret, himself shall reward thee openly. 

5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the 
hypocrites are ; for they love to pray standing in 
the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, 
that they may be seen of men. Yerily I say unto 

6 you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou 
prayest, enter into thy closet ; and, when thou hast 
shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret ; 
and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward 



62 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt. 6.7 thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain 
repetitions, as the heathen do ; for they .think they 
8 shall be heard for their much speaking. Be ye not, 
therefore, like unto them ; for your Father knoweth 
what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 
Lk.n.i And one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, 
teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 
Mt. 6. 9 And he said unto them, After this manner, there- 
fore, pray ye : Our Father, which art in heaven ; 
io hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
n will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us 

12 this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, 

13 as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into 
temptation ; but deliver us from evil ; for thine is 
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever ; 
Amen. 

M o* 5 And, when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have 
Mt.6.i4 aught against any. For if ye forgive men their tres- 
passes, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; 
15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither 
will your Father forgive your trespasses. 
Lk.n.5 Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto 
him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me 
6 three loaves ; for a friend of mine in his journey is 
come to me, and I have nothing to set before him ? 
1 and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble 
me not ; the door is now shut, and my children are 
8 with me in bed ; I cannot rise and give thee. I 
say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, 
because he is his friend ; yet because of his impor- 



THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 63 

tunity, he will rise and give him as many as he 

Lk.11.9 needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall 

be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, 

10 and it shall be opened unto you. For every one 
that asketh, receive th ; and he that seeketh, find- 
eth ; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 

11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a 
father, will he give him a stone ? or, if he ask a 

12 fish, will he, for a fish, give him a serpent ? Or, if 
he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? 

13 If ye, then, being evil, know how to give good gifts 
unto your children, how much more shall your 

Mt.7.n heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit and all good 
things to them that ask him. 

Mt.6.16 Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, 
of a sad countenance ; for they disfigure their 
faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Ver- 

17 ily, I say unto you, They have their reward. But 
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash 

18 thy face ; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but 
unto thy Father which is in secret ; and thy Father, 
which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, 
where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where 

20 thieves break through and steal ; but lay up for 
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth 
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not 

21 break through nor steal ; for where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. 

22 The light of the body is the eye ; if, therefore, 

7 



64 THE HISTORY OE CHRIST. 

Mt. 6. thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of 

23 light ; but if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall 

1135 ^ e ^ u ^ °f darkness. Take heed, therefore, that the 

light which is in thee be not darkness ; for, if the 

Mt.6.23 light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that 

^ k - darkness ! But if thy whole body be full of light, 

having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, 

as when the bright shining of a candle doth give 

thee light. 



CHAPTEE XX. 

Sermon continued. 

Mt.6.24 No man can serve two masters ; for either he will 
hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold 
to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve 

25 God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take 
no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what 
ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye 
shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and 

26 the body than raiment ? Behold the fowls of the 
air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor 
gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feed- 
eth them. Are ye not much better than they ? 

27 Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit 
mqq to his stature ? If ye, then, be not able to do that 

thing which is least, why take ye thought for the 
Mt.6.28 rest ? And why take ye thought for raiment ? 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 65 

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they 

Mt.6.29 toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto 

you, That even Solomon, in all his glory, was not 

30 arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so 
clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field, and 
to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much 

31 more clothe you ? ye of little faith ! Therefore 
take no thought, saying, What shall we eat ? or, 
What shall we drink ? or Wherewithal shall we be 

32 clothed ? (for after all these things do the Gentiles 
seek;) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye 

33 have need of all these things. But seek ye first 
the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all 

34 these things shall be added unto you. Take, there- 
fore, no thought for the morrow ; for the morrow 
shall take thought for the things of itself. Suf- 

r? k 32 fi c i ent unto tne day i s tne ey il thereof. Fear not, 

little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to 

33 give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give 

alms ; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, 

a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no 

35 thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. Let 
your loins be girded about, and your lights burn- 

36 ing, and ye yourselves like unto men that wait 
for their lord, when he will return from the wedding, 
that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open 

37 unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants 
whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watch- 
ing ; verily I say unto you, that he shall gird him- 
self, and make them to sit down to meat, and will 



66 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

12*38 come forth and serve them. And if he shall come 
in the second watch, or come in the third watch, 

39 and find them so, blessed are those servants. And 
this know, that if the good man of the honse had 
known what hour the thief would come, he would 
have watched, and not have suffered his house to be 

40 broken through. Be ye, therefore, ready also ; for 
the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think 
not. 

Mt.7.1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with 

2 what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged ; and 

with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to 

Lk.6.37 you again. Condemn not, and ye shall not be con- 

38 demned ; forgive, and ye shall be forgiven ; give, and 

it shall be given unto you ; good measure, pressed 

down and shaken together, and running over, shall 

40 men give into your bosom. The disciple is not above 
his master ; but every one that is perfect shall be as 

41 his master. And why beholdest thou the mote that 
is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam 

42 that is in thine own eye ? Either how canst thou say 
to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote 
that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest 
not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Thou 
hypocrite ! cast out first the beam out of thine own 
eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the 

Mt.7.12 mote that is in thy brother's eye. Therefore all 
things whatsoever ye would that men should do to 
you, do ye even so to them ; for this is the law and 
the prophets. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 67 

Mt. 7.13 Enter ye in at the strait gate ; for wide is the 
gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruc- 
u tion, and many there be which go in thereat : be- 
cause strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, 
which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs ; 
neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they 
trample them under their feet, and turn again and 

15 rend you. Beware of false prophets, which come 
to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are 

16 ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their 
fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of 

17 thistles ? Even so, every good tree bringeth forth 
good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil 

18 fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, 
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 

19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is 

20 hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by 
Lk.6.45 their fruits ye shall know them. A good man, out 

of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth 

that which is good ; and an evil man, out of the 

evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which 

is evil ; for of the abundance of the heart his mouth 

speaketh. 

Mt.7.2i Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, 

shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that 

doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 

22 Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, 

have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy 

name have cast out devils ? and in thy name done 

7* 



68 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

Mt. 7.23 many wonderful works ? And then will I profess 
unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, ye 
that work iniquity. 

Lk. 6.46 And why call ye me Lord, Lord ; and do not the 

47 things which I say ? Whosoever cometh to me, and 
heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show 

48 you to whom he is like. He is like a wise man 
which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the 

Mt. 7.25 foundation on a rock; and the rain descended, and 
the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat vehe- 
mently upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was 

26 founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth 
these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be 
likened unto a foolish man, which built his house 

27 upon the sand ; and the rain descended, and the 
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that 
house ; and it fell, and great was the fall of it. 

28 And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these 
Lk. 7. l sayings in the audience of all the people, they were 

29 astonished at his doctrine ; for he taught them as 
Mt. 8. l one having authority, and not as the scribes. And 

when he was come down from the mountain, great 
multitudes followed him. 



CHAPTER XXI. 

Christ heals the centurion' 's servant — Raises to life the 
widow' 's son — and answers John's messengers, 

Lk. 7. l And he entered into Capernaum. And a certain 
2 centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was 



THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 69 

Lk. 7. 3 sick, and ready to die. And, when he heard of 
Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, 
beseeching him that he would come and heal his 

4 servant. And, when thej came to Jesus, they be- 
sought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy 

5 for whom he should do this ; for he loveth our 
Mt. 7. 7 nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. Jesus 
Lk. 7. 6 saith, I will come and heal him ; and he went with 

them. And when he was now not far from the 

house, the centurion came, saying unto him, Lord, 

trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou 

7 shouldst enter under my roof; wherefore neither 

thought I myself worthy to come unto thee ; but 

say in a word, and my servant shall be healed ; 

Mt. 7. 8 for I am a man under authority, having under me 

Lk. 7. 8 soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth ; and 

to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my ser- 

9 vant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard 

these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him 

about, and said unto the people that followed him, 

I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, 

Mt. 8.H not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many 

shall come from the east and west, and shall sit 

down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the 

12 kingdom of heaven. But the children of the king- 
dom shall be cast out into outer darkness; there 

13 shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus 
said unto the centurion, Go thy way ; and, as thou 
hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his 

Lk.7.io servant was healed in the self-same hour. And 



70 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

they that were sent, returning to the house, found 
the servant whole. 
Lk.T.n And it came to pass the day after, that he went 
into a city called Nain ; and many of his disciples 

12 went with him, and much people. Now when he 
came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was 
a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, 
and she was a widow ; and much people of the city 

13 was with her. And when the Lord saw her he had 
compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 

14 And he came and touched the bier ; and they that 
bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I 

15 say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead, sat 
up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to 

16 his mother. And there came a fear on all ; and 
they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is 
risen up among us ; and, That God hath visited his 

17 people. And this rumor of him went forth through- 
out all Judea, and throughout all the region round 

18 about. And the disciples of John showed him all 
these things. 

19 And John, calling unto him two of his disciples, 
sent them, to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should 

20 come ? or look we for another ? When the men 
were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath 
sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should 

Mt.n.3 come ? or do we look for another ? And in that 

Lk. 7.21 same hour he cured many of their infirmities and 

plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that 

22 were blind he gave sight. Then Jesus answering, 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 71 

said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what 
things ye have seen and heard ; how that the blind 
see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf 

Mt.11.6 hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the 

Lk. 7.23 gospel preached unto them.* And blessed is he 
whosoever shall not be offended in me. 

Mt.11.7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto 

the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out 

into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with 

8 the wind ? But what went ye out for to see ? A 

Lk. 7.25 man clothed in soft raiment ? Behold, they which 
are gorgeously apparelled and live delicately are in 

Mt. 11.9 kings' houses. But what went ye out for to see? 
A prophet ? yea, I say unto you, and more than a 
io prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written,! 
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, 
ii which shall prepare thy way before thee. Verily I 
say unto you, Among them that are born of women, 
there hath not risen a greater than John the Bap- 
tist ; notwithstanding, he that is least in the king- 

12 dom of heaven is greater than he. And from the 
days of John the Baptist, until now, the kingdom 
of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it 

13 by force. For all the prophets and the law proph- 

14 esied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is 

15 Elijah J which was for to come. He that hath ears 
to hear, let him hear. 

* Is. 35 : 5—7. t Mai. 3 : 1. J Mai. 4 : 5. 



72 THE HISTORY OE CHRIST. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

Christ vindicates the woman who washed his feet in the 
Pharisee's house. 

Lk. 7.29 And all the people that heard him, and the pub- 
licans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism 

30 of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected 
the counsel of God against themselves, being not 

31 baptized of him. And the Lord said, Whereunto 
then shall I liken the men of this generation ? and 

32 to what are they like ? They are like unto children 
sitting in the market-place, and calling one to 
another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and 
ye have not danced ; we have mourned to you, and 

33 ye have not wept. For John the Baptist came 
neither eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye 

34 say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come 
eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold, a glut- 
tonous man, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publi- 

35 cans and sinners ! But wisdom is justified of all 
her children. 

36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he 
would eat with him, and he went into the Phari- 

37 see's house and sat down to meat. And, behold, a 
woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she 
knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, 

38 brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at 
his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his 
feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs 
of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 73 

Lk. 7.39 with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee which 
had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, 
saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have 
known who and what manner of woman this is that 

40 toucheth him ; for she is a sinner. And Jesus an- 
swering, said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to 
say unto thee. And he said, Master, say on. 

41 There was a certain creditor, which had two debt- 
ors ; the one owed five hundred pence, and the other 

42 fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly 
forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of 

43 them will love him most ? Simon answered and 
said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. 
And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 

44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, 
Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, 
thou gavest me no water for my feet ; but she hath 
washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the 

45 hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss ; but 
this woman, since the time I came in, hath not 

46 ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst 
not anoint ; but this woman hath anointed my feet 

47 with ointment. Wherefore, I say unto thee, Her sins, 
which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved much : 
but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 

48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. 

49 And they that sat at meat with him, began to say 
within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins 

50 also ? And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath 
saved thee : go in peace. 



74 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Lk. 8.1 And it came to pass afterward, that he again went 
throughout every city and village, preaching and 
showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God ; 

2 and the twelve were with him, and certain women, 
which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, 
Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven 

3 devils, and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's stew- 
ard, and Susanna, and many others, which minis- 

Mk.3.i9 tered unto him of their substance ; and they went 

20 into a house. And the multitude cometh together 
again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 

21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to 
lay hold on him.; for they said, He is beside him- 
self. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

Christ heals a demoniac, and is accused of casting out 
devils through Beelzebub. 

Mt. Then was brought unto him one possessed with a 
12,22 devil, blind and dumb ; and he healed him, inso- 
much that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not 
Mk.3.22 this the son of David ? But when the scribes and 
Pharisees, which came down from Jerusalem, 
Mt. heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out 
12,24 devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils. 
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto 
them, Every kingdom divided against itself is 
brought to desolation; and every city or house 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 75 

Mt. divided against itself shall not stand. And if 
12 - 26 Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; 

27 how shall, then, his kingdom stand ? And if I by 
Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your chil- 
dren cast them out ? therefore they shall be your 

28 judges. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of 
God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 

Mk.3.27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and 

spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong 

Mt. man ; and then he will spoil his house. He that is 

12 ' not with me is against me ; and he that gathereth 

31 not with me, scattereth abroad. Wherefore I say 
unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall 
be forgiven unto men ; but the blasphemy against 
the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 

32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of 
man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever 
speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be 
forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the 

33 world to come. Either make the tree good, and his 
fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit 

34 corrupt : for the tree is known by his fruit. gen- 
eration of vipers ! how can ye, being evil, speak 
good things ? for out of the abundance of the heart 

35 the mouth speaketh. A good man, out of the good 
treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things : 
and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, bringeth 

36 forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every 
idle word that men shall speak, they shall give ac- 

37 count thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy 

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words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou 
shalt be condemned. 
12.38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees 
answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from 

39 thee. But he answered and said unto them, An 
evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign ; 
and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign 

40 of the prophet Jonah:* for as Jonah was three days 
and three nights in the whale's belly ; so shall the 
Son of man be three days and three nights in the 

41 heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall rise 
in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn 
it : because they repented at the preaching of 
Jonah ;t and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here. 

42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judg- 
ment with this generation, and shall condemn it : 
for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth 
to hear the wisdom of Solomon ;t and, behold, a 

43 greater than Solomon is here. When the unclean 
spirit has gone out of a man, he walketh through 

44 dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he 
saith, I will return into my house from whence I 
came out ; and when he is come, he findeth it 

45 empty, swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and 
taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked 
than himself, and they enter in and dwell there : 
and the last state of that man is worse than the 
first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked 
generation. 

* Jonah 1 : 17. f Jo. 3 : 5—9. j 1 Ki. 10 1—9. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 77 

^ k - And it came to pass, as he spake these things, 

a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, 

and said unto him, Blessed is the womb which bare 

28 thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But 

he said, Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the 

word of God, and keep it. 

19 46 Wlril e he yet talked to the people, behold, his 

Mk.3. mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to 

32 33 

Lk. 8.19 speak with him. And they could not come at him 
■Sh f° r the multitude that sat about him. Then one 

12.47 

said unto him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren 

48 stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But 
he answered and said unto him that told him, Who 

49 is my mother ? and who are my brethren ? And he 
stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and 

so said, Behold my mother and my brethren ! For 
whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is 
in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and 
mother. 
n k 3 7 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought 
him to dine with him ; and he went in, and sat 

38 down to meat. And when the Pharisee saw it, he 
marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 

39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye, Pharisees, 
make clean the outside of the cup and the platter ; 
but your inward part is full of ravening and wicked- 

40 ness. Ye fools ! did not he that made that which is 

41 without, make that which is within also ? But 
rather give alms of such things as ye have ; and, 

42 behold, all things are clean unto you. But woe 



78 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

unto you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe mint, and rue, 
and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment 
and the love of God; these ought ye to have done, 
11.43 an ^ no ^ to leave the other undone. Woe unto you, 
Pharisees ! for ye love the uppermost seats in the 

44 synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Woe 
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
are as graves which appear not, and the men that 
walk over them are not aware of them. 

45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto 
him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. 

46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers ! for 
ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and 
ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of 

47 your fingers. Woe unto you ! for ye build the 
sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed 

48 them. Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the 
deeds of your fathers : for they indeed killed them, 

49 and ye build their sepulchres. Therefore also said 
the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and 
apostles, and some of them they shall slay and per- 

50 secute ; that the blood of all the prophets, which 
was shed from the foundation of the world, may be 

51 required of this generation ; from the blood of Abel* 
to the blood of Zachariah, which perished between 
the altar and the temple ; verily I say unto you, It 

52 shall be required of this generation. Woe unto you, 
lawyers ! for ye have taken away the key of knowl- 
edge ; ye entered not in yourselves, and them that 

63 were entering in ye hindered. And as he said 

* Gen. 4 : 8—10. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 79 

these things unto them, the scribes and Pharisees 
began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him 
n k 54 to speak of many things, laying wait for him, and 
seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that 
they might accuse him. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

The foolish rich man — The faithful servant rewarded, 
and the unfaithful punished — The people discern not 
the signs of the times. 

Lk. 12.1 In the mean time, when there were gathered to- 
gether an innumerable multitude of people, inso- 
much that they trode one upon another, he began 
to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of 
the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 

13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, 
speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance 

14 with me. And he said unto him, Man, who made 

15 me a judge, or a divider over you ? And he said 
unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness : 
for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of 

16 the things which he possesseth. And he spake a 
parable unto them saying, The ground of a certain 

17 rich man brought forth plentifully : and he thought 
within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I 

18 have no room where to bestow my fruits ? And he 
said, This will I do ; I will pull down my barns, 
and build greater ; and there will I bestow all my 

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80 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

1219 ^ ru ^ s an( ^ m y g°°ds. And I win sa y to m y sou i> 

Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years : 

20 take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But 
God said unto him, Thou fool ! this night thy soul 
shall be required of thee ; then whose shall those 

21 things be which thou hast provided? So is he that 
layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich tow- 
ard God. 

12S1 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou 

42 this parable unto us, or even to all ? And the 
Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise stew- 
ard, whom his lord shall make ruler over his house- 
hold, to give them their portion of meat in due 

43 season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, 

44 when he cometh, shall find so doing. Of a truth I 
say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all 

45 that he hath. But and if that servant say in his 
heart, My lord delayeth his coming ; and shall be- 
gin to beat the men-servants, and maidens, and to 

46 eat and drink, and to be drunken ; the lord of that 
servant will come in a day when he looketh not for 
him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will 
cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion 

24.51 with the hypocrites and unbelievers. There shall 
1&47 ^ e weeping and gnashing of teeth. And that serv- 
ant, which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not 
himself, neither did according to his will, shall be 
48 beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, 
and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be 
beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever 



THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 81 

much is given, of him shall be much required; 
and to whom men have committed much, of him 
they will ask the more. 
12 ,54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a 
cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, 

55 There cometh a shower ; and so it is. And when 
ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be 

56 heat ; and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites ! ye 
can discern the face of the sky, and of the earth ; 

57 but how is it that ye do not discern this time ? Yea, 
and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is 
right ? 



CHAPTER XXV. 

The barren Jig-tree — The parable of the sower and the 
application. 

Lk. 13.1 There were present at that season some that told 
him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had min- 

2 gled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering 
said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans 
were sinners above all the Galileans, because they 

3 suffered such things ? I tell you, Nay ; but, except 

4 ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or those 
eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and 
slew them, think ye that they were sinners above 

5 all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell you, Nay ; 
but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 



82 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Lk. 13.6 He spake also this parable : A certain man had 
a fig-tree planted in his vineyard ; and he came and 

7 sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said 
he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these 
three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree - 
and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the 

8 ground ? And he answering, said unto him, Lord, 
let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, 

9 and dung it. And if it bear fruit, well ; and if not, 
then after that thou shalt cut it down. 

Mt. 13.1 The same day went Jesus out of the hGuse, and 

2 sat by the sea-side. And great multitudes were 
gathered together unto him, so that he went into a 
ship, and sat ; and the whole multitude stood on the 

3 shore. And he spake many things unto them in 
parables, saying, Hearken ; behold, a sower went 

Mk. 4. 4 forth to sow; and it came to pass, as he sowed, 
some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air 
came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony 
ground, where it had not much earth : and imme- 
diately it sprang up, because it had no depth of 

6 earth ; but when the sun was up, it was scorched ; 

7 and, because it had no root, it withered away. And 
some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, 

8 and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And 
other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit 
that sprang up, and increased, and brought forth, 
some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred 

Lk. 8. 8 fold. And, when he had said these things, he 
cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 83 

Mk.4.io And when he was alone, his disciples asked him, 

Lk.8.9 saying, What might this parable be? and why 

Mt. speakest thou unto them in parables ? He answered 

13 - n and said unto them, Because unto you it is given to 

know the mysteries of the kingdom of God ; but 

unto them that are without it is not given ; there- 

Mt. fore, all these things are done in parables ; because 

13 - 13 they seeing, see not ; and hearing, they hear not ; 

14 neither do they understand. And in them is ful- 
filled the prophecy of Isaiah,* which saith, By hear- 
ing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and 

15 seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive : for this 
people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull 
of hearing, and their eyes they have closed ; lest at 
any time they should see with their eyes, and hear 
with their ears, and should understand with their 
heart, and should be converted, and I should heal 

16 them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see ; 

17 and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto 
you, That many prophets and righteous men and 

Lk * ^ kings have desired to see those things which ye see, 

and have not seen them ; and to hear those things 

Mk.4.i3 w hi c h ye hear, and have not heard them. And he 

said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and 

how, then, will ye know all parables ? 

Lk 8. N ow the parable is this : The seed is the word 

& of God. Those by the way-side are they that hear ; 

Mk.4.15 J J J 

but, when they have heard, Satan cometh imme- 
diately, and taketh away the word that was sown 

* Is. 6 : 9, 10. 



84 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

in their hearts, lest they should believe and be 
Mt. saved. But he that received the seed into stony 
13 - 20 places, the same is he that heareth the word, and 

21 anon with joy receiveth it ; yet hath he not root in 
himself, but dureth for a while ; for when tribula- 
tion or persecution ariseth because of the word, by 

22 and by he is offended. He also that received seed 
among the thorns, is he that heareth the word ; and 
the care of this world, and the deceitful ness of 

Mk.4.i9 riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, 

Mt. choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But 

13.23 he ^hat received seed into the good ground, is he 

that heareth the word and understandeth it ; which 

also beareth fruit with patience, and bringeth forth, 

some a hundred-fold, some sixty, some thirty. And 

Mk.4.24] ie sa id un t them, Take heed, therefore, how ye 

Lkt8 . hear, for nothing is secret that shall not be made 

17 > 18 manifest ; neither anything hid that shall not be 

known and come abroad; with what measure ye 

mete, it shall be measured to you again : and unto 

Mt ' 12 y° u tnat near > s kall more k e gi yen - F° r whosoever 
hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have 
more abundance ; but whosoever hath not, from him 
shall be taken away even that he hath. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 85 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

The tares and the wheat — The mustard-seed — The leaven 
in the meal — The treasure in the field — The pearls 
— The net — Explanation. 

Mt. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, 
13.24 t^ kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which 

25 sowed good seed in his field ; but while men slept, 
his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, 

26 and went his way. But when the blade was sprung 
up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares 

27 also. So the servants of the householder came and 
said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in 

28 thy field ? from whence, then, hath it tares ? He 
said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The 
servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go 

29 and gather them up ? But he said, Nay ; lest 
while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the 

30 wheat with them. Let both grow together until 
the harvest ; and in the time of harvest I will say 
to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, 
and bind them in bundles to burn them ; but gather 
the wheat into my barn. 

Mk.4.26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a 

27 man should cast seed into the ground ; and should 
sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should 

28 spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the 
earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the 
blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the 



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Mt. the children of the kingdom; but the tares are 

13.39 the children of the wicked one. The enemy 

that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is 

the end of the world ; and the reapers are the 

40 angels. As, therefore, the tares are gathered and 
burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this 

41 world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, 
and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things 

42 that offend, and them which do iniquity ; and shall 
cast them in a furnace of fire ; there shall be wail- 

43 ing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous 
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their 
Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treas- 
ure hid in a field; the which when a man hath 
found he hideth, and, for joy thereof, goeth and 
selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a 

46 merchant-man, seeking goodly pearls ; who, when 
he had found one pearl of great price, went and 
sold all that he had, and bought it. 

47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, 
that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every 

48 kind ; which, when it was full, they drew to shore, 
and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, 

49 but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end 
of the world : The angels shall come forth, and sever 

50 the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them 
into the furnace of fire ; and there shall be wailing 

51 and gnashing of teeth. Jesus saith unto them, 

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THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



Have ye understood all these things ? They say 
Mt. unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he unto them, 
13.52 Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the 
kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a 
householder, which bringeth forth out of his treas- 
ure things new and old. 
53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished 
these parables, he departed thence. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

Christ stills the tempest — Met by demoniacs — The 
swine perish — Returns to his own city. 

Mt.8.18 And it came to pass the same day, when Jesus 

Mk 4 35 saw great multitudes about him, and the even was 

& come, he went into a ship with his disciples ; and 

' * 22 he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other 

Lk.9.57 side of the lake. And, as they went in the way, a 

certain scribe said unto him, Lord, I will follow 

58 thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus said 

unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air 

have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to 

Mt.8.21 lay his head. And he said unto another of his disci- 

Lk.9.59 pies, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first 

60 to go and bury my father. Jesus said unto him, 
Let the dead bury their dead ; but go thou and 

61 preach the kingdom of God. And another also 
said, Lord, I will follow thee ; but let me first go 
bid them farewell which are at home at my house. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 89 

Lk.9.62 And Jesus said unto him, No man having put his 
hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the 

Mk.4.36 kingdom of God. And, when they had sent away 
the multitude, they took him even as he was in the 
ship. And there were also with him other little 

37 ships. And there arose a great storm of wind, and 
the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 

38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep 
Mt. 8.24 on a pillow ; and they came unto him and awoke 
Mk.4.39 him, saying, Lord, save us ! we perish. And he 

arose, and rebuked the wind; and said unto the 
sea, Peace, be still ; and the wind ceased, and there 

40 was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why 
are ye so fearful ? How is it that ye have no faith ? 

41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to 
another, What manner of man is this, that even the 
wind and the sea obey him ? 

Mt.8.28 And when he was come to the other side, into 
the country of the Gradarenes, there met him two 
possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, ex- 
ceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that 

Mk.5.3 way ; and one of them had his dwelling among the 
tombs ; and no man could bind him, no, not with 

4 chains ; because that he had been often bound with 
fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked 
asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces; 

5 neither could any man tame him. And always, 
night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the 
tombs, crying and cutting himself with stones. 

6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and wor- 



90 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mk. 5.t shipped hiin, and cried with, a loud voice, and said, 
What have I do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the 
most high God ? I adjure thee by God, that thou 

Lk.8.29 torment me not. For Jesus had commanded the 

unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often- 

30 times it had caught him. And Jesus asked him, 

saying, What is thy name ? And he said, Legion ; 

Mk.5.10 because many devils were entered into him. And 
he besought him much, that he would not send 

11 them away out of the country. Now, there was 
there, nigh unto the mountains, a great herd of 

12 swine feeding. And all the devils besought him, 
Mt. 8.31 saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away 
Mk.5.13 into the herd of swine. And forthwith Jesus gave 

them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and 
entered into the swine ; and the herd ran violently 
down a steep place into the sea (they were about 
two thousand), and perished in the waters. 
Lk.8.34 When they that fed them saw what was done, 
they fled, and went and told it in the city, and in 

35 the country. Then they went out to see what was 
done ; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out 
of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the 
feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind; and 

36 they were afraid. They also which saw it told 
them by what means he that was possessed of the 

Mk.5.i6 devils was healed, and also concerning the swine. 

Lk.8.37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the 

Gadarenes, round about, besought him to depart 

Mk.5.i7 out of their coasts ; for they were taken with great 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 91 

Mk.5.i8 fear. And, when he was come into the ship, he 
that had been possessed with the devils prayed him 

19 that he might be with him. Howbeit, Jesus suf- 
fered him not, but saith unto him, Glo home to thy 
friends, and tell them how great things the Lord 
hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on 

20 thee. And he departed, and began to publish in 
Decapolis, how great things Jesus had done for 
him ; and all men did marvel. 

21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship 
unto the other side, much people gathered unto 

Lk. 8.40 him, and received him gladly, for they were all 
Mt. 9.1 waiting for him. And he came into his own city. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



The Pharisees complain that he ate with publicans and 
sinners — The parable of the new and old cloth, and 
new and old bottles — A woman touches his garment, 
and is healed — He raises Jairus 1 daughter. 



Lk.5.29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own 

Mt. 9.10 house. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat 

in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners 

came, and sat down with him and his disciples ; 

Mk.2.15 for there were many, and they followed him. And 

16 when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with 

publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, 

How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publi- 

9* 



92 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt.9.12 cans and sinners ? But, when Jesus heard that, he 
said unto them, They that be whole need not a phy- 
13 sician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn 
what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sac- 
rifice;* for I am not come to call the righteous, 
but sinners to repentance. 

Mk.2.18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees 
used to fast; and they come, and say unto him, 
Why do the disciples of John, and of the Phari- 

19 sees fast, but thy disciples fast not ? And Jesus 
said unto them, Can the children of the bride- 
chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them ? 
as long as they have the bridegroom with them, 

20 they cannot fast. But the days will come, when 
the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and 

Lk. 5.36 then shall they fast in those days. And he spake a 
Mt. 9.16 parable unto them : No man putteth a piece of new 
cloth unto an old garment ; for that which is put 
in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the 
Lk.5.37 rent is made worse. And no man putteth new wine 
into old bottles ; else the new wine will burst the 
bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. 

38 But new wine must be put into new bottles ; and 

39 both are preserved. No man also, having drunk 
old wine, straightway desireth new; for he saith, 

Mt.9.i8 The old is better. 

Mk.5.22 And while he spake these things unto them, 
behold there cometh one of the rulers of the 
synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw 
Jesus, he fell at his feet. For he had one only 

* Hosea 6 : 6. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 93 

Lk. 8.42 daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a 
Mk.5.23 dying. And he besought him greatly, saying, My 
little daughter lieth at the point of death, if not 
Mt. 9.18 even now dead. I pray thee, come and lay thy 
Mk.5.23 hands on her, that she may be healed, and she shall 

24 live. And Jesus went with him, and so did his 
Mt. 9.19 disciples ; and much people followed him, and 
Mk. 5.24 thronged him. 

25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of 

26 blood twelve years, and had suffered many things 
of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, 
and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 

27 when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press 
Mt. 9.20 behind, and touched the hem of his garment ; 
Mk.5.28 for she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I 

29 shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of 
her blood was dried up ; and she felt in her body 

30 that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus, 
immediately knowing in himself, that virtue had 
gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and 

Lk.8.45 said, Who touched my clothes ? When all denied, 
Peter, and they that were with him, said, Master, 
the multitude throng thee, and press thee, and say- 

46 est thou, Who touched me? And Jesus said, 
Somebody hath touched me; for I perceive that 

47 virtue is gone out of me. And when the woman 
saw that she was not hid, she came trembling ; and 
falling down before him, she declared unto him be- 
fore all the people for what cause she had touched 

48 him, and how she was healed immediately. And he 



94 THE HISTORY OE CHRIST. 

said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort : thy 

faith hath made the whole ; go in peace. 

Lk.8.49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the 

ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy 

50 daughter is dead ; trouble not the Master. But, 

when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, 

Fear not : believe only, and she shall be made whole. 

Mt. 9.23 ^nd w hen he came into the ruler's house, he 

Mk.5.28 suffered no man to go in save Peter, and James, 

. & and John, and the father and mother of the maiden. 

Lk. 8.51 ' 

And he seeth the tumult, the minstrels and the 
people making a noise, for all wept and bewailed 
her. And he saith unto them, Give place : why make 
ye this ado ? The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. 
Lk.8.53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she 
Mk.5.40 was dead. But when he had put them all out, he 
taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and 
them that were with him, and entereth in where 
41 the damsel was lying. And he took the damsel by 
the hand, and said unto her, Talitha Cumi ; which 
is, being interpreted, Damsel (I say unto thee), 
Lk.8.55 arise. And her spirit came again. And straight- 
Mk.5.42 way the damsel arose, and walked ; for she was of 
the age of twelve years ; and they were astonished 
43 with a great astonishment. And he charged them 
straightly that no man should know it ; and com- 
manded that something should be given her to eat. 
Mt.9.26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all the land. 






THE HISTORY OF CHHIST. 95 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

Restores sight to two blind men — Is rejected in his own 
country — Empowers the apostles and orders them out 
to preach — Exhorts them. 

Mt.9.27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men 
followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, 

28 have mercy on us. And when he was come into 
the house, the blind men came to him ; and Jesus 
saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do 

29 this ? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then 
touched he their eyes, saying, According to your 

30 faith, be it unto you. And their eyes were opened ; 
and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that 

31 no man know it. But they, when they were de- 
parted, spread abroad his fame in all that country. 

32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him 

33 a dumb man possessed with a devil. And when the 
devil was cast out, the dumb spake : and the multi- 
tudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in 

34 Israel. But the Pharisees said, He casteth out dev- 
ils, through the prince of the devils. 

Mk. 6.1 And he went out from thence, and came into his 
2 own country ; and his disciples followed him. And 
when the Sabbath-day was come, he began to teach 
in the synagogue ; and many hearing him, were as- 
tonished, saying, From whence hath this man these 
things, and what wisdom is this which is given unto 
him, that even such mighty works are wrought by 



96 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

Mk 6.3 his hands ? Is not this the carpenter, the son of 
Mary, the brother of James and Joses, and of 
Judah and Simon ? and are not his sisters here with 
4 us ? And they were offended at him. But Jesus 
said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, but 
in his own country, and among his own kin, and 
13.58 in his own house. And he did not many mighty 
Mk.6.5 works there because of their unbelief, save that he 
laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed 
Mt. 9.35 them. And Jesus went about all the cities and vil- 
lages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching 
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sick- 
ness, and every disease among the people. 

36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved 
with compassion on them, because they fainted, and 
were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 

37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly 

38 is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Pray ye, 
therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he will send 
forth laborers into his harvest. 

Mt. io.i And when he had called unto him his twelve dis- ' 

ciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, 

to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sick- 

Mk. 6.7 ness, and all manner of disease. And he sent them 

Mt.10.5 forth by two and two, and commanded them, saying, 

Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any 

6 city of the Samaritans, enter ye not ; but go rather 

7 to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And, as 
ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at 

8 hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 97 

dead, cast out devils ; freely ye have received, 
Mt.10.9 freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor 

10 brass, in your purses, nor scrip for your journey ; 
neither bread, neither two coats, neither shoes, 

Mk. 6.8 nor yet staves, save a staff only, and be shod 

Mt. with sandals ; for the workman is worthy of his 

io.li mea t # And into whatsoever city or town ye 

shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and 

12 there abide till ye go thence. And when ye come 

13 into a house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, 
let your peace come upon it; but if it be not wor- 

14 thy, let your peace return to you. And whosoever 
shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye 
depart out of that house, or city, shake off the dust 

15 of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be 
more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomor- 
rah, in the day of judgment, than for that city. 

16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of 
wolves; be ye, therefore, wise as serpents, and 

11 harmless as doves. But beware of men : for they 
will deliver you up to the councils, and they will 

18 scourge you in their synagogues ; and ye shall be 
brought before governors and kings for my sake, 
for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 

19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how 
Lk - or what ye shall speak. The Holy Ghost shall 

teach you, in the same hour, what ye ought to say ; 
10.20 for it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your 
Father which speaketh in you. 



98 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



CHAPTER XXX. 

His charge to the apostles. 

Mt. Fear ye not, therefore, for the brother shall de- 

10.21 ii ver U p t h e b ro ther to death, and the father the 

child ; and the children shall rise up against their 

22 parents, and cause them to be put to death. And 
ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake ; 
but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 

23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye 
into another ; for, verily I say unto you, Ye shall 
not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son 

24 of man be come. The disciple is not above his mas- 

25 ter, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for 
the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant 
as his lord. If they have called the master of the 
house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them 

26 of his household ? But there is nothing covered that 
shall not be revealed ; neither hid, that shall not be 

27 known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak 
ye in the light ; and what ye hear in the ear, that 
preach ye upon the house-tops. And I say unto 

4—12 y ou ' m y fri en d s > Fear n °t them which kill the body, 

& and after that have no more that they can do. But 

2^—37 ^ w ^ forewarn you whom ye shall fear. Fear him 

which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 

Yea, I say unto you, Fear him. 

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings ? or 
two sparrows sold for one farthing ? And not one 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 99 

of them is forgotten before God; nor shall one of 
them fall to the ground without your Father. But 
even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 
Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of more value than 
many sparrows. Also I say unto you, whosoever 
shall confess me before men, him will I also confess 
before the angels and my Father which is in heaven. 
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will 
I also deny before the angels and my Father which 

£ k - is in heaven. Suppose ye that I am come to give 
peace on earth? I tell you nay. I came not to send 
peace, but rather division and sword ; for, from 
henceforth there shall be five in one house divided : 
three against two, and two against three. I am 
come to set a man at variance against his father ; 
and the daughter against her mother, and the 
daughter-in-law against her mother-in law ; and a 
man's foes shall be they of his own household. 
Lk. 12. 1 am come to send fire on the earth, and what will 

49,50 j } if it foe already kindled ? But I have a baptism 
to be baptized w T ith ; and how am I straitened 

Mt. until it be accomplished ? He that loveth father or 

10.37 mother more than me, is not worthy of me ; and he 
that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not 

38 worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, 

39 and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He 
that findeth his life shall lose it ; and he that loseth 
his life for my sake shall find it. 

40 He that receiveth you, receiveth me ; and he that 

41 receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. He that 

10 



100 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall 
receive a prophet's reward ; and he that receiveth a 
Mt. righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, 
10 - 42 shall receive a righteous man's reward. And who- 
soever shall give to drink unto one of these little 
ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a dis- 
ciple, verily I say unto you, He shall in no wise* 
lose his reward. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

Sends forth the apostles — John the Baptist slain in 
prison. 

Mk.11.1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an 
end of commanding his twelve disciples, he de- 
parted thence, to teach and to preach in their cities. 
Mk.6. And the apostles went out, and preached that men 
& should repent. And they went through the towns, 
Lk. 9.6 preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. And 
they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil 
many that were sick, and healed them. 
Mt. 14. At that time Herod the tetrarch, heard of the 

1—3 

& fame of Jesus (for his name was spread abroad), 

Mk - 6 - and he said unto his servants, Who is this of whom 

& I hear such things ? And some said that Elijah had 

Lk - 9 - appeared; and others, that one of the old prophets 

was risen again. But Herod said, It is John the 

Baptist, whom I beheaded; he is risen from the 

dead, and therefore do mighty works show forth 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 101 

themselves in him; and he desired to see him. 
Mk.6.21 For when Herod's birth-day was kept, he made a 
supper to his lords, high-captains, and chief estates 
in Galilee. And when the daughter of Herodias 
came in and danced, and pleased Herod, and them 
that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, 
Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it 

23 thee. And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou 
shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half 

24 of my kingdom. And she went forth, and said 
unto her mother, What shall I ask ? And she said, 

25 The head of John the Baptist. And she came in 
straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, 
saying, I will that thou give me, by and by, in a 

26 charger, the head of John the Baptist. And the 
king was exceeding sorry ; yet for his oath's sake, 
and for their sakes which sat with him, he would 

27 not reject her. And immediately the king sent an 
executioner, and commanded his head to be brought ; 

28 and he went and beheaded him in the prison ; and 
brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the 
damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. 

29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and 
Mt - took up his body, and laid it in a tomb, and went 

jn. 6.4 an d told Jesus. And the passover, a feast of the 
Jews, was nigh. 



102 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 

The apostles return — The Jive thousand fed — Christ 
ivalks on the sea. 

Mk.6.30 And the apostles, when they were returned, gath- 
ered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him 
all things, both what they had done, and what they 

31 had taught. And he said unto them, Come ye 
yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a 
while ; for there were many coming and going, and 

32 they had no leisure so much as to eat. And they 
Lk. 9.10 departed by ship privately into a desert place be- 
Mk.6.33 longing to the city called Bethsaida. And the 

people saw them departing, and many knew him, 
and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent 
them, and came together unto him. 
34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, 
and was moved with compassion toward them, be- 
cause they were as sheep not having a shepherd. 
Lk. 9.11 And he received them, and spake unto them of the 
kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of 
Mt. 14. healing. And when the day was now far spent, he 
&. saith unto Philip, whence shall we buy bread that 
Mk. 6. these may eat ? And this he said to prove him, for 
Jw & he himself knew what he would do. His disciples 
Lk - 9 came and said unto him, Send the multitude away, 
"" & that they may go into the towns and country round 
Jn - 6 - about, and lodge, and get victuals ; for we are here 



5—14 



in a desert place, and they have nothing to eat. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 103 

But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart ; 
give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, 
Shall we go and buy two hundred penny-worth of 
bread and give them to eat, that every one of them 
may take a little? He saith, How many loaves 
have ye ? go and see. One of his disciples, An- 
drew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There 
is a lad here which hath five barley loaves, and two 
small fishes : but what are they among so many ? 
And he said, Bring them hither to me. And he 
commanded them to make all sit down by compa- 
nies upon the green grass (now there was much 
grass in the place), and they sat down in ranks by 
hundreds and by fifties. And when he had taken 
the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to 
heaven and blessed them ; and, when he had given 
thanks, he brake the loaves and gave them to his 
disciples to set before the multitude. And the two 
fishes divided he among them all. And they did 
all eat, and were filled. And he said unto his dis- 
ciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that 
nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them to- 
gether, and filled twelve baskets full with the frag- 
ments of the five barley loaves, and of the fishes, 
which remained over and above unto them that had 
eaten. And they that had eaten were about five 
thousand men, beside women and children. Then 
those men, when they had seen the miracle that 
Jesus did, said, This is, of a truth, that prophet 
that should come into the world. 
10* 



104 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt.u. j[ nc i when Jesus, therefore, perceived that they 
& would come and take him by force, and make him a 
Mk.6. ki n g ? straightway he constrained his disciples to get 
Jn.6. into the ship and to go before him, over the sea to- 
ward Capernaum, unto Bethsaida, on the other side, 
while he sent the multitude away. 

And when he had sent them away, he departed 
again into a mountain himself alone to pray. And 
when the even was come, the ship was now in the 
midst of the sea, tossed with the waves ; for the sea 
arose by reason of a great wind that blew. And it 
was now dark, and Jesus was not come unto them. 

So when they had rowed about five-and-twenty 
or thirty furlongs, he saw them toiling and rowing, 
for the wind was contrary unto them. And about 
the fourth watch of the night, he cometh unto 
them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed 
by them. And when the disciples saw him walking 
on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a 
spirit ; and they cried out for fear. But straight- 
way Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good 
cheer : it is I ; be not afraid ; for they all saw him, 
and they considered not the miracle of the loaves, 
for their heart was hardened. And Peter answered 
him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto 
thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when 
Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on 
the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw the 
wind boisterous, he was afraid; and, beginning to 
gink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And imme- 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 105 

diately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught 
him, and said unto hhn, thou of little faith ! 
wherefore didst thou doubt ? And when they were 
come, they willingly received him into the ship ; 
and the wind ceased. Then they that were in the 
ship were sore amazed in themselves beyond meas- 
ure, and came and worshipped him, saying, Of a 
truth, thou art the Son of Grod; and immediately 
the ship was at the land whither they went. 

And they came into the land of Gennesaret, and 
drew to the shore. And, when they were come out 
of the ship, straightway they knew him, and ran 
through that whole region round about, and began 
to carry about in beds those that were sick, where 
they heard he was. And whithersoever he entered, 
into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the 
sick in the streets, and besought him that they 
might touch, if it were but the border of his gar- 
ment ; and as many as touched him were made 
whole. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

Christ teaches the people — Explains his relation with 
the Father — Shows that he is the bread of God which 
came down from heaven. 

jn.6.22 The day following, when the people, which stood 
on the other side of the sea, saw that there was 
none other boat there, save that one whereinto his 
disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not 



106 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

with his disciples into the boat, but that his disci- 

Jn.6.23 pies were gone away alone (howbeit there came 

other boats from Tiberias, nigh unto the place 

where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had 

24 given thanks) ; when the people, therefore, saw that 
Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also 
took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for 

25 Jesus. And, when they had found him on the 
other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, 

26 when earnest thou hither ? Jesus answered them, 
and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek 
me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye 

27 did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labor not 
for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat 
which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son 
of man shall give unto you ; for him hath God the 

28 Father sealed. Then said they unto him, What 
shall we do, that we might work the works of God ? 

29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the 
work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath 
sent. 

30 They said, therefore, unto him, What sign show- 
est thou, then, that we may see, and believe thee ? 

31 What dost thou work ? Our fathers did eat manna 
in the desert ; * as it is written, He gave them bread 

32 from heaven to eat.t Then Jesus said unto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not 
that bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you 

33 the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God 

* Ex. 16 : 4—12. f Neh. 9 : 15 j Ps. 78 : 24, 25 ; 105 : 40. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 107 

is he which cometh clown from heaven, and giveth 
Jn.6.34 life unto the world. Then said they unto him, 

35 Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said 
unto them, I am the bread of life ; he that cometh 
to me shall never hunger ; and he that believeth on 

36 me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, that 

37 ye also have seen me, and believe not. All that the 
Father giveth me shall come to me ; and him that 

38 cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. For I 
came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, 

39 but the will of him that sent me. And this is the 
Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which 
he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should 

40 raise it up again at the last day. And this is the 
will of him that sent me, that every one which 
seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have ever- 
lasting life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. 

41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said I 
am the bread which came down from heaven. 

42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the Son of Joseph, 
whose father and mother we know ? how is it, then, 

43 that he saith, I came down from heaven ? Jesus, 
therefore, answered and said unto them, Murmur 

44 not among yourselves. No man can come to me, 
except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him ; 

45 and I will raise him up at the last day. It is writ- 
ten in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of 
God. # Every man, therefore, that hath heard, and 

46 hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Not 

*Is. 54: 13; Jer. 31 : 33,34. 



108 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

that any man hath seen the Father, save he which 

Jn.6.47 is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, 

I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath ever- 

48,49 lasting life. I am that bread of life. Your fathers 

did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.* 

50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, 

51 that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the 
living bread which came down from heaven ; if any 
man eat of this bread he shall live forever ; and the 
bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give 

52 for the life of the world. The Jews, therefore, 
strove among themselves, saying, How can this man 

53 give us his flesh to eat ? Then Jesus said unto 
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat 
the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye 

54 have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and 
drinketh my blood, hath eternal life ; and I will 

55 raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat 

56 indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that 
eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in 

57 me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent 
me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth 

58 me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread 
which came down from heaven : not as your fathers 
did eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of 

59 this bread shall live forever. These things said he 
in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 

60 Many, therefore, of his disciples, when they had 
heard this, said, This is a hard saying, who can hear 

* Numb. 11 : 8. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 109 

Jn.6.6i it ? When Jesus knew in himself that his disci- 
ples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this 

62 offend you ? What and if ye shall see the Son of 

63 man ascend up where he was before ? It is the 
Spirit that quickeneth : the flesh profiteth nothing ; 
the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, 

64 and they are life. But there are some of you that 
believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning 
who they were that believed not, and who should 

65 betray him. And he said, Therefore said I unto 
you, that no man can come unto me, except it were 
given unto him of my Father. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 

The Pharisees complain that the disciples eat with un- 
washed hands — Christ explains what defiles the 
man* 

Jn.6.66 From that time many of his disciples went back, 

67 and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus 

63 unto the twelve, Will ye, also, go away ? Then 

Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall 

69 we go ? thou hast the words of eternal life. And 
we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, 

70 the Son of the living God. Jesus answered them, 
Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a 

* About this time Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and attended the third 
passover after his baptism ; but returned immediately to Galilee. 



110 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

3iiS.il devil ? He spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of 
Simon ; for he it was that should betray him, being 
one of the twelve. 

Jn.7.i After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee : for 
he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought 

Mk.7.1 to kill him. Then came together unto him the Phar- 
isees, and certain of the scribes, which came from 

2 Jerusalem. And when they saw some of his disci- 
ples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with 

3 unwashen hands, they found fault. For the Phar- 
isees, and all the Jews, except they wash their 
hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the 

4 elders. And when they come from the market, 
except they wash, they eat not. And many other 
things there be, which they have received to hold, 
as the washing of cups, and pots, and brazen ves- 

5 sels, and tables. Then the Pharisees and scribes 
asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to 
the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with un- 

6 washen hands ? He answered and said unto them, 
Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you, hypocrites, as 

Mt. 15.8 it is written,* This people draweth nigh unto me 
Mk.7.6 with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips, 

7 but their heart is far from me. Howbeit, in vain 
do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the com- 

8 mandments of men. For, laying aside the com- 
mandment of Grod, ye hold the tradition of men, as 
the washing of pots and cups : and many other such 

*Is. 29: 13. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. Ill 

Mt.15. liJ^e things ye do. Why do ye, therefore, trans- 

& gress the commandment of God by your tradition ? 

Mk.7. p or (3|- oc [ commanded, saying, Honor thy father and 

mother ; # and he that curseth father or mother, let 

him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall 

say to his father or his mother, It is Corban, that 

is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be 

profited by me ; and honor not his father or his 

mother, he shall be free; and ye suffer him no 

more to do aught for his father or his mother. 

Thus have ye made the commandment of God of 

none effect by your tradition. 

Mt. And he called the multitude, and said unto them, 

15.10 Hear, and understand : not that which goeth into 

11 the mouth defileth a man ; but that which cometh 

Mk.7.16 out of the mouth, this defileth a man. If any man 

Mt. have ears to hear, let him hear. Then came his 

15 - 12 disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the 

Pharisees were offended, after they heard this say- 

13 ing ? But he answered, and said, Every plant, 
which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall 

14 be rooted up. Let them alone ; they be blind lead- 
ers of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, 
both shall fall into the ditch. 

Mk.7.i7 And, when he was entered into the house from 

the people, his disciples asked him concerning the 

is parable. And he said unto them, Are ye also yet 

without understanding ? Do ye not perceive, that 

whatsoever thing from without entereth into the 

* Ex. 20 : 12 ; 21 : 17. 
11 



112 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mk.7.19 man, it cannot defile him ; because it entereth not 

into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into 

Mt. the draught, purging all meats ? But those things 

15.18 w hich proceed out of the mouth come forth from 

Mk.7.21 the heart ; and they defile the man. For, from 

within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil 

22 thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, 
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an 

23 evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness ; all these evil 
Mt. things come from within, and defile the man. But 

15.20 to eat with unwashen hands, defileth not the man. 



CHAPTER XXXV. 

The Syrophenician woman's daughter healed — The 
deaf and dumb man healed — The seventy sent out 
— The four thousand fed. 

Mk.7.24 And from thence he arose, and went into the 

borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a 

house, and would have no man know it ; but he 

25 could not be hid. For a certain woman of Canaan, 

whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard 

Mt . of him, and she cried unto him, saying, Have mercy 

15.22 on me, Lord, thou son of David ; my daughter 

23 is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered 
her not a word. And his disciples came and be- 
sought him, saying, Send her away ; for she crieth 

24 after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent 
but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 113 

>it 15 - Then came she and fell at his feet (the woman 
& was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation), and wor- 

Mk.7. gripped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he an- 
swered and said, Let the children first be filled ; it 
is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast 
it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord; yet the 
dogs eat of the children's crumbs which fall from 
their master's table. Then Jesus answered and 
said unto her, woman, great is thy faith ! go thy 
way : be it unto thee even as thou wilt ; the devil 
is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was 
come to her house, she found it even so. And her 
daughter was made whole from that very hour. 
Mk.7.3i And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre 
and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through 
Mt - the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And he went 

15.29 . . 

Mk.7.32 up into a mountain and sat down there. And they 
bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an im- 
pediment in his speech ; and they beseech him to 
S3 put his hand upon him. And he took him aside 
from the multitude, and put his fingers into his 

34 ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue ; and, 
looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto 

35 him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straight- 
way his ears were opened, and the string of his 

36 tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he 
charged them that they should tell no man; but 
the more he charged them, so much the more a 

37 great deal they published it ; and were beyond 
measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things 



114 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

well ; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the 

Mt. dumb to speak. And great multitudes came unto 

15.30 j 1 i ni) having with them those that were lame, blind, 

dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them 

31 down at Jesus' feet, and he healed them ; insomuch 

that the multitude wondered, when they saw the 

dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame 

to walk, and the blind to see ; and they glorified 

the Grod of Israel. 

Lk.io.i After these things, the Lord appointed other 

seventy also, and sent them two and two before his 

face into every city and place, whither he himself 

2 would come. Therefore said he unto them, The 
harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; 
pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he 

3 would send forth laborers into his harvest. Go 
your ways : behold, I send you forth as lambs 

4 among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor 

5 shoes : and salute no man by the way. And into 
whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to 

6 this house. And if the son of peace be there, your 
peace shall rest upon it : if not, it shall turn to you 

7 again. And in the same house remain, eating and 
drinking such things as they give ; for the laborer 
is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. 

8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive 

9 you, eat such things as are set before you ; and 
heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, 

10 The kingdom of Grod is come nigh unto you. But 
into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 115 

not, go jour ways out into the streets of the same, 
Lk.io.ii and say, Even the very dust of your city, which 
cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you; not- 
withstanding, be ye sure of this, that the kingdom 
12 of God is come nigh unto you. But I say unto 
you, That it shall be more tolerable in that day for 
16 Sodom than for that city. He that heareth you, 
heareth me ; and he that despiseth you, despiseth 
me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that 
sent me. 
Mk.8.i j n those days the multitude being very great, and 
Mt. 15. having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples 
34—38 un t hi mj and saith unto them, I have compassion 

2 on the multitude, because they have now been with 

3 me three days, and have nothing to eat ; and if I 
send them away fasting to their own houses, they 
will faint by the way : for divers of them came from 

4 far. And his disciples answered him, From whence 
can a man satisfy these men with bread here in 

5 the wilderness ? And he asked them, How many 
loaves have ye ? And they said, Seven, and a few 

6 little fishes. And he commanded the people to sit 
down on the ground ; and he took the seven loaves, 
and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake, and 
gave to his disciples to set before them ; and they 

8 did set them before the people. So they did all 
eat, and were filled ; and they took up of the broken 

9 meat that was left, seven baskets full. And they 
that had eaten, were about four thousand men, be- 
ll* 



116 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt. side women and children. And he sent away the 
15.39 multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts 
of Magdala and Dalmanutha. 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 

The Pharisees ask a sign — The disciples forget to take 
bread — A blind man receives his sight - — Christ in- 
quires who men say he is — Reproves Peter. 

Mt. i6.i The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and, 
tempting, desired him that he would show them a 

2 sign from heaven. He answered and said unto 
them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair 

3 weather ; for the sky is red. And in the morning, 
It will be foul weather to-day ; for the sky is red 
and lowering. ye hypocrites ! ye can discern 
the face of the sky ; but can ye not discern the 

Mk.8.12 signs of the times ? And he sighed deeply in his 
& spirit, and saith, Why doth this wicked and adul- 

Mt.i8.4 terous generation seek after a sign ? Verily I say 
unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this 

Mk.8.i3 generation, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And 
he left them, and, entering into the ship again, de- 
parted to the other side. 

14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, 
neither had they in the ship with them more than 

15 one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed, 
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the 



THE niSTOKY OF CHRIST. 117 

Mk.8.16 Sadducees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they 
reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because 

17 we have no bread. And, when Jesus knew it, he 
saith unto them, Why reason ye because ye have no 
bread ? Perceive ye not yet, neither understand ? 

18 Have ye your heart yet hardened ? Having eyes, 
see ye not ? and having ears, hear ye not ? and do 

19 ye not remember ? When I brake the five loaves 
among five thousand, how many baskets full of frag- 
ments took ye up ? They say unto him, Twelve. 

20 And when the seven among four thousand, how 
many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? And 

21 they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is 
Mt. it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to 
16,11 you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the 

leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees ? 
12 Then understood they how that he bade them not 
beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine 
of the Pharisees, and of the Sadducees. 
Mk.8.22 And he cometh to Bethsaida ; and they bring a 
blind man unto him, and besought him to touch 

23 him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and 
led him out of the town ; and, when he had spit on 
his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him 

24 if he saw aught. And he looked up and said, I see 

25 men as trees walking. After that, he put his hands 
again upon his eyes, and made him look up ; and 

26 he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And 
he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go 
into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. 



118 IHE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt - And Jesus went out into the towns of Cesarea 

& Philippi ; and by the way, he being alone praying 

Mk.8.27 ^hjg di sc ipi es on iy being with him), he asked them, 

Lk. 9.18 saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, 

Mt. am ? And they said, Some say that thou art John 

16 - 14 the Baptist; some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, 

15 or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But 

16 whom say ye that I am ? And Simon Peter an- 
swered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the 

17 living Grod. And Jesus answered and said unto 
him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh 
and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my 

18 Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto 
thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I 
will build my church ; and the gates of hell shall 

19 not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee 
the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatso- 
ever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in 
heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, 

20 shall be loosed in heaven. Then charged he his 
disciples that they should tell no man that he was 
Jesus the Christ. 

21 From that time forth began Jesus to show unto 
his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, 
and suffer many things of the elders, and chief 
priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised 

22 again the third day. Then Peter took him, and 
began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, 

23 Lord : this shall not be unto thee. But he turned 
and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan : 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 119 

thou art an offence unto me ; for thou savorest not 

the things that be of God, but those that be of 

men. 
Mk.8.34 And when he had called the people unto him 
Lk.9.23 with his disciples, he said to them all, If any man 

will come after me, let him deny himself, and take 

35 up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever 
will save his life, shall lose it ; but whosoever shall 
lose his life, for my sake and the gospel's, the same 

36 shall save it. For, what shall it profit a man, if he 
should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? 

37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? 
Mt. For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his 

16.27 Father, with his angels ; and then he shall reward 
Mk.8.38 every man according to his works. Whosoever, 
therefore, shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, 
in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him, 
also, shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he 
cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy 
Mk.9 1 angels. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto 
you, That there be some of them that stand here, 
which shall not taste of death, till they have seen 
the kingdom of God come with power. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 

Christ transfigured — Casts an evil spirit out of a 
man's son. 

Mt.17. And it came to pass about six days after these 
sayings, Jesus took Peter, and John, and James, 



120 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mk - 9 - and went up into an high mountain apart by them- 

& selves, to pray. And as he prayed, he was trans- 

Lk.9. n> urec i before them. The fashion of his count e- 

28—31 & 

nance was altered ; his face did shine as the sun, 
and his raiment became shining, exceeding white as 
snow, so as no fuller on earth can white them. And 
behold, there appeared in glory, .Moses and Elijah 
talking with Jesus. And they spake of his decease 
Lk. 9.32 which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. But 
Peter, and they that were with him, were heavy 
with sleep ; and when they were awake, they saw 
his glory, and the two men that stood with him. 

33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, 
Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to 
be here; and let us make three tabernacles; one 
for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah : not 

34 knowing what he said. While he thus spake, there 
Mt.17.5 came a cloud, and overshadowed them; and, behold, 

a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my 
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye 

6 him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on 

7 their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came 
and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not 

8 afraid. And when they had lifted up their eyes, 
Mk.9.9 they saw no man, save Jesus only. And, as they 

came down from the mountain, he charged them 
that they should tell no man what things they had 
seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. 
io And they kept that saying with themselves, ques- 
tioning one with another what the rising from the 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 121 

Mt. dead should mean. And his disciples asked him, 
17,10 saying, Why, then, say the scribes that Elijah must 

11 first come ? And Jesus answered and said unto 
them, Elijah truly shall first come, and restore all 

12 things. But I say unto you, that Elijah is come 
already, and they knew him not, but have done 
unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall 

13 also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the dis- 
ciples understood that he spake unto them of John 
the Baptist. 

Mt.i7. And it came to pass, that on the next day, when 
&" they were come down from the hill, he came to his 
Mk.9. disciples, and saw a great multitude about them, and 
& the scribes questioning with them. And straight- 
Lk * 9- way all the people, when they beheld him, were 
greatly amazed, and, running to him, saluted him. 
And he asked the scribes, What question ye with 
them? And behold, there came to him a certain 
man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Lord, I 
beseech thee, look upon my son, for he is mine only 
child. And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he sud- 
denly crieth out ; and it teareth him that he foam- 
eth again, and, bruising him, hardly departeth 
from him. And I besought thy disciples to cast 
him out ; and they could not. And Jesus answer- 
ing, said, faithless and perverse generation! 
Mk.9.19 how long shall I be with you ? how long shall I 
20 suffer you ? Bring him unto me. And they brought 
him unto him ; and when he saw him, straightway 
the spirit tare him ; and he fell on the ground, and 



122 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

21 wallowed, foaming. And he asked his father, How 
long is it ago since this came unto him ? And he 

22 said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him 
into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him ; 
but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on 

23 us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst 
believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 

24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, 
and said with tears, Lord, I believe ; help thou mine 

25 unbelief. When Jesus saw that the people came 
running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying 
unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge 
thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 

26 And the spirit cried and rent him sore, and came 
out of him ; and he was as one dead ; insomuch 

27 that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him 
by the hand and lifted him up ; and he arose, and 

Lk.9.43 was cured from that very hour ; and he delivered 
him again to his father. And they were all amazed 
at the mighty power of God. 
Mk.9.28 And when he was come into the house, his disci- 
ples asked him privately, Why could not we cast 
Mt . him out ? And Jesus said unto them, Because of 
17.20 y 0ur unbelief; for, verily I say unto you, If ye 
have faith, as a grain of mustard-seed, ye shall say 
unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place, 
and it shall remove ; and nothing shall be impossible 
21 unto you. Howbeit, this kind goeth not out but by 
prayer and fasting. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 123 

Lk.9. And th e y departed thence, and passed through 
& Galilee ; and he would not that any man should 

Mt.17. k now it. And he taught his disciples, saying, Let 
& these sayings sink down into your ears : The bon 

Mk.9. f man gkgji fo Q betrayed into the hands of men ; 

30,32 J 

and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall 
be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. 
But they understood not that saying, and were 
afraid to ask him. 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

Tribute-money found in the fish's mouth — The dis- 
ciples taught humility, and warned against offences. 

Mt. And when they were come to Capernaum, they 
17 - 24 that received tribute-money came to Peter, and 

25 said, Doth not your Master pay tribute ? He saith, 
Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus 
prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon ? 
Of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or 
tribute ? of their own children, or of strangers ? 

26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith 

27 unto him, Then are the children free. Notwith- 
standing, lest we should offend them, go thou to the 
sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first 
cometh up, and, when thou hast opened his mouth, 
thou shalt find a piece of money ; that take, and 
give unto them for me and thee. 

12 



124 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

Mt.i8.i At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, 

saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of 

Mk.9.33 heaven ? But he asked them, What was it that ye 

34 disputed among yourselves by the way ? But they 
held their peace ; for by the way they had disputed 
among themselves, who should be the greatest. 

35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith 
unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same 

36 shall be last of all, and servant of all. And he 
took a child, and set him in the midst of them; 
and, when he had taken him in his arms, he said, 

Mt.18.3 Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and 
become as little children, ye shall not enter into the 

4 kingdom of heaven. Whosoever, therefore, shall 
humble himself as this little child, the same is 

5 greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso 
shall receive one such little child in my name, re- 

Lk.9.48 ceiveth me. Therefore, he that is least among you 
all, the same shall be great. 

Mk.9.38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw 
one casting out devils in thy name, and he followed 
not us ; and we forbade him, because he followeth 

39 not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not : for there 
is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that 

40 can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not 
Mt# against us is on our part. Take heed that ye 

18 - 10 despise not one of these little ones ; for I say unto 

you, That in heaven their angels do always behold 

n the face of my Father which is in heaven. For 

the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 125 

Mt. How think ye ? if a man have a hundred sheep, 

18 - 12 and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave 

the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, 

13 and seeketh that which is gone astray ? And if so 
be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoic- 
eth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine 

14 which went not astray. Even so it is not the will 
of your Father which is in heaven that one of 

6 these little ones should perish. And whoso shall 
offend one of these little ones which believe in me, 
it were better for him that a millstone were hanged 
about his neck, and that he were drowned in the 
depth of the sea. 

7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it 
must needs be that offences come ; but woe to that 

8 man by whom the offence cometh ! Wherefore, if 
thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and 
cast them from thee ; it is better for thee to enter 
into life halt or maimed, rather than having two 
hands, or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire ; 

Mk.9.14 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 

47 quenched. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it 
out, and cast it from thee ; it is better for thee to 
enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than 

48 having two eyes to be cast into hell fire ; where 
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 

49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every 

50 sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good, but 
& if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will yo 

u. 35. season it ? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet 



126 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

for the dunghill ; but men cast it out. Have salt 
in yourselves, and have peace one with another. 
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 

The seventy return and report — Christ denounces the 
wicked cities — Invites all to come to him — Instructs 
the disciples as to offences and forgiveness, 

Lk. And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, 
10.17 Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through 

18 thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan 

19 as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto 
you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and 
over all the power of the enemy ; and nothing shall 

20 by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding, in this 
rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; 
but rather rejoice, because your names are written 
in heaven. 

Mt. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most 
n-20 f n i s mighty works were done, because they re- 

21 pented not : Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto 
thee, Bethsaida ; for if the mighty works which 
were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, 
they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and 

22 ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tol- 
erable for Tyre and Sidon, at the day of judgment, 

23 than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art 
exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell ; 



THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 127 

for if the mighty works which have been done in 
thee had been done in Sodom, it would have re- 

Mt. mained until this day. But I say unto you, That 

1L24 it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in 
the day of judgment, than for thee. 
25 At that time, Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, 

**. I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 
because thou hast hid these things from the wise 
and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 

n.26 Even so, Father : for so it seemed good in thy 

27 sight. All things are delivered unto me of my 
Father; and no man knoweth the Son, but the 
Father ; neither knoweth any man the Father, save 
the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal 
him. 

28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy 

29 laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke 
upon you, and learn of me ; for I am meek and 
lowly in heart : and ye shall find rest unto your 

so souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is 

art. light. Moreover, Jesus said unto his disciples, If 

18.15 thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell 

him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he 

16 shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But 
if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or 
two more, that in the mouth of two or three wit- 

17 nesses every word may be established. And if he 
shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church ; 
but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto 

18 thee as a heathen man and a publican. Verily I 

12* 



128 THE HISTORY OE CHRIST. 

say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, 
shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever ye shall 
Mt. loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Again I 
18 - 19 say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on 
earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it 
shall be done for them of my Father which is in 

20 heaven. For where two or three are gathered to- 
gether in my name, there am I in the midst of 
them. 

21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft 
shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? 

22 till seven times ? Jesus saith unto him, Take heed 
to yourselves ; I say not unto thee, Until seven 

Lk.17.4 times ; but, Until seventy times seven. And if thy 
brother trespass against thee seven times in a day, 
and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, 

5 I repent, thou shalt forgive him. And the apostles 

6 said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the 
Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard- 
seed, ye might say unto this sycamine-tree, Be 
thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in 

7 the sea ; and it should obey you. But which of 
you having a servant ploughing or feeding cattle, 
will say unto him by and by, when he is come from 

8 the field, Go and sit down to meat ? And will not 
rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may 
sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have 
eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat 

9 and drink. Doth he thank that servant because he 
did the things that were commanded him ? I trow 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 129 

Lk.i7.io not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all 
those things which are commanded you, say, We 
are unprofitable servants ; we have done that which 
was our duty to do. 



CHAPTER XL. 

The servant forgiven who owed ten thousand talents — 
Jesus goes up to the feast of Tabernacles — On 
their way the apostles ask to command fire from 
heaven — Ten lepers cleansed. 

Mt. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto 
18 - 23 a certain king, which would take account of his ser- 

24 vants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was 
brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand 

25 talents. But, forasmuch as he had not to pay, his 
lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and 
children, and all that he had, and payment to be 

26 made. The servant, therefore, fell down, and wor- 
shipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, 

27 and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that ser- 
vant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, 

28 and forgave him the debt. But the same servant 
went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, 
which owed him a hundred pence; and he laid 
hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, 

29 Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant 
fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, 
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 



130 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt.i8.3oAnd he would not; but went and cast him into 

31 prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his 
fellow-servants saw what was done, they were very 
sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that 

32 was done. Then his lord, after that he had called 
him, said unto him, thou wicked servant ! I for- 
gave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me ; 

33 shouldst not thou, also, have had compassion on thy 

34 fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee ? And 
his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tor- 
mentors, till he should pay all that was due unto 

35 him. So, likewise, shall my heavenly Father do 
also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not 
every one his brother their trespasses. 

Jn.7.2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at 

3 hand. His brethren, therefore, said unto him, De- 
part hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples 

4 also may see the works that thou doest. For there 
is no man that doeth anything in secret, and he 
himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do 

5 these things, show thyself to the world. For neither 

6 did his brethren believe in him. Then Jesus said 
unto them, My time is not yet come ; but your time 

1 is always ready. The world cannot hate you ; but 
me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works 

8 thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this fea^ ; I go 
not up yet unto this feast ; for my time is not yet 

9 full come. When he had said these words unto 
10 them, he abode still in Galilee. But when the time 

Lk.9.51 was come that he should be received up, and his 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 131 

brethren were gone unto the feast, he steadfastly set 

his face to go to Jerusalem ; not openly, but as it 

Lk.9.52 were in secret; and sent messengers before his face; 

and they went, and entered into a village of the 

53 Samaritans to make ready for him. And they did 
not receive him, because his face was as though he 

54 would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples, 
James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, wilt 
thou that we command fire to come down from 
heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah* did? 

55 But he turned and rebuked them, and said, Ye 

56 know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the 
Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, 
but to save them. And they went to another 
village. 

Lk . And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, 

17.11 he entered into a certain village ; and there met 

him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar 

13 off; and they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, 

u Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, 

he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the 

priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, 

15 they were cleansed. And one of them, when he 
saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a 

16 loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face 
at his feet, giving him thanks ; and he was a Sa- 

17 maritan. And Jesus answering, said, Were there 

18 not ten cleansed ? but where are the nine ? Thero 

* 2 Ki. 1 : 10—12. 



132 THE HISTORY OE CHRIST. 

Lk. are not found that returned to give glory to God, 
17 - 19 save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, 
go thy way ; thy faith hath made thee whole. 



CHAPTER XLI. 

Christ teaches in the temple. 

Jn. 7.11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, 

12 Where is he ? And there was much murmuring 
among the people concerning him ; for some said, 
He is a good man; others said, Nay; but he deceiv- 

13 eth the people. Howbeit, no man spake openly of 
him for fear of the Jews. 

14 Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up 

15 into the temple, and taught. And the Jews mar- 
velled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, hav- 

16 ing never learned ? Jesus answered them, and said, 

17 My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If 
any man will do his will, he shall know of the doc- 
trine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of 

18 myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his 
own glory ; but he that seeketh his glory that sent 
him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in 

19 him. Did not Moses give you the law,* and yet 
none of you keepeth the law ? Why go ye about 

20 to kill me ? The people answered and said, Thou 

21 hast a devil : who goeth about to kill thee ? Jesus 

* Ex. 24 : 2 5 Deut. 33 : 4. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 133 

answered and said unto them, I have done one 

Jn.7.22 work, and ye all marvel. Moses, therefore, gave 

unto you circumcision not because it is of Moses, 

but of the fathers,^ and ye on the Sabbath-day 

23 circumcise a man. If a man on the Sabbath-day 
receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should 
not be broken ; are ye angry at me because I have 
made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath-day ? 

24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge 

25 righteous judgment. Then said some of them of 
Jerusalem, Is not this he whom they seek to kill ? 

26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing 
unto him. Do the rulers know, indeed, that this is 

27 the very Christ ? Howbeit, we know this man 
whence he is; but when Christ cometh, no man 

28 knoweth whence he is.f Then cried Jesus in the 
temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and 
ye know whence I am ; and I am not come of my- 
self, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know 

29 not. But I know him ; for I am from him, and he 
hath sent me. 

30 Then they sought to take him ; but no man laid 
hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. 

31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, 
When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than 

32 these which this man hath done ? The Pharisees 
heard that the people murmured such things con- 
cerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief 
priests sent officers to take him. 

* Gen. 17 : 10—14 ; Lev. 12 : 3. f Is. 53 : 8. 



134 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Jd.7.33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am 

I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. 

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me ; and where 

35 1 am, thither ye cannot come. Then said the Jews 

among themselves, Whither will he go, that we 

shall not find him ? Will he go unto the dispersed 

36 among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? What 
manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek 
me, and shall not find me ? and where I am, thither 

37 ye cannot come ? In the last day, that great day 
of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any 

38 man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He 
that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, 
out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 

39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that 
believe on him should receive ; for the Holy Ghost 
was not yet given ; because that Jesus was not yet 
glorified. 

40 Many of the people, therefore, when they heard 
this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. 

41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, 

42 Shall Christ come out of Galilee ? Hath not 
the Scripture said,* That Christ cometh of the 
seed of David, and out of the town of Bethle- 

43 hem, where David was ? So there was a division 

44 among the people because of him. And some of 
them would have taken him ; but no man laid hands 
on him. 

45 Then came the oflicers to the chief priests and 

* Ps. 132 : 11 ; Is. 11 : 1 j Jer. 23 : 5 * Mi. 5 : 2. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 185 

Pharisees, and they said unto them, Why have ye 
Jn.7.46 not brought him ? The officers answered, Never 

47 man spake like this man. Then answered them the 

48 Pharisees, Are ye also deceived ? Have any of the 

49 rulers, or of the Pharisees, believed on him? But 
this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. 

50 Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to Jesus 

51 by night, being one of them), Doth our law judge 
any man, before it hear him, and know what he 

52 doeth ? # They answered and said unto him, Art 
thou also of Galilee ? Search, and look ; for out 

53 of Galilee ariseth no prophet. And every man 
went unto his own house. 



CHAPTER XLII. 

The woman taken in adultery — Christ continues preach- 
ing in the temple, 

Jn.8.i Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And 
2 early in the morning he came again into the temple ; 

and all the people came unto him; and he sat down 
s and taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees 

brought unto him a woman taken in adultery, and, 

4 when they had set her in the midst, they say unto 
him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in 

5 the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded 
us, That such should be stoned ; t but what say est 

6 thou ? This they said, tempting him, that they 

* Deut. 1 : 17. t Lev. 20 : 10 ; Deut. 22 : 24. 

13 



136 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, 
and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though 
Jn.8.7 he heard them not. So, when they continued ask- 
ing him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, 
He that is without sin among you, let him first cast 

8 a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and 

9 wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, 
being convicted by their own conscience, went out 
one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the 
last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman 

io standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up 
himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto 
her, Woman, where are those thine accusers ? hath 

n no man condemned thee ? She said, No man, Lord. 
And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn 
thee ; go, and sin no more. 

12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am 
the light of the world ; he that followeth me shall 
not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of 

13 life. The Pharisees, therefore, said unto him, Thou 
bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 

u Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear 
record of myself, yet my record is true ; for I know 
whence I came, and whither I go ; but ye cannot 

15 tell whence I come, and whither I go. Ye judge 

16 after the flesh : I judge no man. And yet if 
I judge, my judgment is true ; for I am not alone, 

17 but I and the Father that sent me. It is also writ- 
ten in your law, that the testimony of two men is 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 137 

Jn.8.18 true.* I am one that bear witness of myself, and 
the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. 

19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father ? 
Jesus answered, Ye neither know me nor my 
Father; if ye had known me, ye should have 

20 known my Father also. These words spake Jesus 
in the treasury, as he taught in the temple ; and no 
man laid hands on him ; for his hour was not yet 

21 come. Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my 
way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your 

22 sins ; whither I go, ye cannot come. Then said 
the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, 

23 Whither I go, ye cannot come. And he said unto 
them, Ye are from beneath ; I am from above ; ye 

24 are of this world ; I am not of this world. I said, 
therefore, unto you, That ye shall die in your sins : 
for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in 

25 your sins. Then said they unto him, Who art 
thou ? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same 

26 that I said unto you from the beginning, I have 
many things to say, and to judge of you ; but he 
that sent me is true; and I speak to the world 

27 those things which I have heard of him. They un- 
derstood not that he spake to them of the Father, 

28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted 
up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am 
he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my 

29 Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And 
he that sent me is with me ; the Father hath not 

* Deut. 17 : 6 5 19 : 15. 



140 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

my honor is nothing ; it is my Father that honoreth 
Jn.8.55 me, of whom ye say, That he is your God ; yet ye 
have not known him ; but I know him ; and if I 
should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like 
unto you; but I know him, and keep his saying. 

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and 

57 he saw it, and was glad.* Then said the Jews unto 
him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou 

58 seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them, Yerily, 
verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am. 

59 Then took they up stones to cast at him ; but Jesus 
hid himself, and went out of the temple, going 
through the midst of them, and so passed by. 



CHAPTER XLIY. 

Christ temped by a lawyer — The good Samaritan — 
Martha encumbered with serving — Sight given to a 
man who was born blind — The Pharisees murmur, 
and cast the man out of the synagogue. 

Lk# And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and 
10.25 tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to 

26 inherit eternal life ? He said unto him, What is 

27 written in the law? how readest thou? And he, 
answering, said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with 
all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy 

28 neighbor as thyself.t And he said unto him, Thou 

* Gen. 22 : 8—18. t Deut. 6 : 5. Lev. 10 : 18. 



THE HISTOilY OF CH1UST. 141 

Lk liast answered right ; this do, and thou shalt live. 
10.29 B u t foe, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, 

30 And who is my neighbor ? And Jesus answering, 
said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to 
Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him 
of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, 

31 leaving him half dead. And, by chance, there came 
down a certain priest that way ; and when he saw 

32 him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise 
a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked 

33 on him, and passed by on the other side. But a 
certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he 
was ; and when he saw him, he had compassion on 

34 him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, 
pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own 
beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of 

35 him. And on the morrow, when he departed, he 
took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and 
said unto him, Take care of him ; and whatsoever 
thou spendest more, when I come again, I will re- 

36 pay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, 
was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves ? 

37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then 
said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. 

ss Now it came to pass, as they went, that he en- 
tered into a certain village ; and a certain woman, 

39 named Martha, received him into her house. And 
she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at 

40 Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was 
cumbered about much serving, and came to him, 



142 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister 

Lk. hath left me to serve alone ? bid her, therefore, that 

10>41 she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto 

her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled 

42 about many things ; but one thing is needful ; and 

Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not 

be taken away from her. 

Jn.9.1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which 

2 was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked 

him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his 

s parents, that he was born blind ? Jesus answered, 

Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents ; but 

that the works of God should be made manifest in 

4 him. I must work the works of him that sent me, 
while it is day; the night cometh, when no man 

5 can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the 

6 light of the world. When he had thus spoken, he 
spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, 
and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the 

7 clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of 
Siloam, which is, by interpretation, Sent. He went 
his way, therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 

s The neighbors, therefore, and they which before 
had seen him, that he was blind, said, Is not this he 

9 that sat and begged ? Some said, This is he ; others 

10 said, He is like him ; but he said, I am he. Therefore 

said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened ? 

n He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus, 
made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto 
me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash ; and I went 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 143 

Jn.9.12 and washed, and I received sight. Then said they 
unto him, Where is he? Pie said, I know not. 

13 They brought to the Pharisees him that afore- 

14 time was blind. And it was the Sabbath-day when 
x5 Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Then 

again the Pharisees also asked him how he had re- 
ceived his sight. He said unto them, He put clay 

16 upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. There- 
fore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of 
God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath-day. Others 
said, How can a man that is a sinner do such mira- 

17 cles ? And there was a division among them. They 
say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of 
him, that he hath opened thine eyes ? He said, He is 

is a prophet. But the Jews did not believe concerning 
him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, 
until they called the parents of him that had re- 

19 ceived his sight. And they asked them, saying, Is 
this your son, who ye say was born blind ? how, 

20 then, doth he now see ? His parents answered 
them, and said, We know that this is our son, and 

21 that he was born blind ; but by what means he now 
seeth, we know not ; or who hath opened, his 
eyes, we know not; he is of age, ask him; he 

22 shall speak for himself. These words spake his 
parents, because, they feared the Jews ; for the 
Jews had agreed already, that if any man did con- 
fess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the 

23 synagogue. Therefore said his parents, He is of 

24 age, ask him. Then again called they the man 



144 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the 

Jn.9.25 praise ; we know that this man is a sinner. He 

answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I 

know not; one thing I know, that, whereas I was 

26 blind, now I see. Then said they to him again, 
What did he to thee ? how opened he thine 

27 eyes ? He answered them, I have told you already, 
and ye did not hear ; wherefore would ye hear it 

28 again ? Will ye also be his disciples ? Then they 
reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but 

29 we are Moses' disciples. We know that God spake 
unto Moses ; * as for this fellow we know not from 

30 whence he is. The man ' answered and said unto 
them, Why, herein is a marvellous thing, that ye 
know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened 

si mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not 
sinners ; but if any man be a worshipper of God, 

32 and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the 
world began was it not heard that aDy man opened 

33 the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man 
were not of God, he could do nothing. 

34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast 
altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us ? 
And they cast him out. 

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out ; and, 
when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost 

36 thou believe on the Son of God ? He answered and 
said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on 

37 him ? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both 

* Numb. 12 : 7, 8. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 145 

jn.9.38 seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And 
he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. 

39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into 
this world ; that they which see not, might see ; 
and that they which see, might be made blind.* 

40 And some of the Pharisees, which were with him, 
heard these words, and said unto him, Are we 

41 blind also ? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, 
ye should have no sin ; but now ye say, "We see ; 
therefore your sin remaineth. 



CHAPTER XLY. 

The sheep-fold and door. 

Jn.io.i Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth 
not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up 
some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 

2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shep- 

3 herd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth ; 
and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his 

4 own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And 
when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth be- 
fore them, and the sheep follow him : for they know 

5 his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but 
will flee from him : for they know not the voice of 

6 strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto them ; 
but they understood not what things they were 

7 which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto 

* Is. 6 : 10 : 44 : 18. 



146 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am 
Jn.10.8 the door of the sheep. All that ever came before 

me are thieves and robbers ; but the sheep did not 
9 hear them. I am the door : by me if any man 

enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, 
10 and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to 

steal, and to kill, and to destroy ; I am come that 

they might have life, and that they might have it 
n more abundantly. I am the good shepherd ; * the 

12 good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But 
he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose 
own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and 
leaveth the sheep, and fleeth ; and the wolf catcheth 

13 them and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, 
because he is a hireling, and careth not for the 

14 sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my 

15 sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father 
knoweth me, even so know I the Father ; and I lay 

16 down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I 
have, which are not of this fold ; them, also, I must 
bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there 

17 shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore 
doth my Father love me, because I lay down my 

is life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it 
from me, but I lay it down of myself; I have power 
to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. 
This commandment have I received of my Father. 

19 There was a division, therefore, again among the 

20 Jews for these sayings. And many of them said, 

* PS. 23 : 1. 



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He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? 
Jn.10.21 Others said, these are not the words of him that 
hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the 
• blind ? 

22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedi- 

23 cation, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in 

24 the temple in Solomon's porch. Then came the 
Jews round about him, and said unto him, How 
long dost thou make us to doubt ? If thou be the 

25 Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them, I told 
you, and ye believed not ; the works that I do in 

26 my Father's name, they bear witness of me. But 
ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I 

27 said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I 

28 know them, and they follow me ; and I give unto 
them eternal life; and they shall never perish, 

29 neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. My 
Father, which gave them me, is greater than all ; 
and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's 

30,31 hand. I and my Father are one. Then the Jews 

32 took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered 
them, Many good works have I showed you from 
my Father ; for which of those works do ye stone 

33 me ? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good 
work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and be- 
cause that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 

34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, 

35 I said, Ye are gods ? * If he called them gods, unto 
whom the word of God came, and the Scripture 

* Ex. 22 : 28 ; Ps. 82 : 6. 

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148 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Jn.io.36 cannot be broken, say ye of him, whom the Father 
hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blas- 
phemest ; because I said, I am the Son of God ? 

37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me 

38 not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, be- 
lieve the works ; that ye may know, and believe, 
that the Father is in me, and I in him. 

39 Therefore they sought again to take him ; but he 

40 escaped out of their hand, and went away again 
beyond Jordan, into the place where John at first 

41 baptized ; and there he abode. And many resorted 
unto him, and said, John did no miracle : but all 
things that John spake of this man were true. 

42 And many believed on him there. 



CHAPTER XLVI. 

Lazarus raised from the dead. 

Jn.n.i Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of 
Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 

2 It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with 
ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose 

3 brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore his sisters 
sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou 

4 lovest is sick. When Jesus heard that, he said, 
This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory 
of God, that the Son of God might be glorified 

5 thereby. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, 

6 and Lazarus. When he had heard, therefore, that 



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he was sick, he abode two days still in the same 
jn.11.7 place where he was. Then after that saith he to 

8 his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. His dis- 
ciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought 

9 to stone thee ; and goest thou thither again ? Jesus 
answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day ? 
If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, be- 

io cause he seeth the light of this world. But if a 
man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there 

ii is no light in him. These things said he ; and after 
that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleep- 
eth ; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 

12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall 

13 do well. Howbeit, Jesus spake of his death ; but 
they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest 

14 in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Laz- 

15 arus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that 
I was not there, to the intent ye may believe ; nev- 

16 ertheless, let us go unto him. Then said Thomas, 
which is called Didymus, unto his fellow-disciples, 

17 Let us also go, that we may die with him. Then 
when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the 

18 grave four days already. Now Bethany was nigh 

19 unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off ; and 
many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to 

20 comfort them concerning their brother. Then Mar- 
tha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, 
went and met him ; but Mary sat still in the house. 

21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst 

22 been here, my brother had not died. But I know, 



150 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, 
Jn.n.23 God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy 

24 brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I 
know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at 

25 the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resur- 
rection and the life ; he that believeth in me, though 

26 he were dead, yet shall he live ; and whosoever liv- 
eth, and believeth in me, shall never die. Believest 

27 thou this ? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; I be- 
lieve that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, 

25 which should come into the world. And when she 
had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her 
sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and 

29 calleth for thee. As soon as she heard that, she 

30 arose quickly, and came unto him. Now Jesus was 
not yet come into the town, but was in that place 

si where Martha met him. The Jews then which 
were with her in the house, and comforted her, 
when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily, and 
went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the 

32 grave to weep there. Then when Mary was come 
where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his 
feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been 

33 here, my brother had not died. When Jesus, there- 
fore, saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping 
which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and 

34 was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid him ? 

35 They say unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus 

36 wept. Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved 

37 him ! And some of them said, Could not this man, 



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which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused 

jn.n.38 that even this man should not have died ? Jesus, 

therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the 

grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 

39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the 
sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, 
by this time he stinketh ; for he hath been dead 

40 four days. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto 
thee, that, if thou wouldst believe, thou shouldst 

41 see the glory of God ? Then they took away the 
stone from the place where the dead was laid. And 
Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank 

42 thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that 
thou hearest me always ; but because of the people 
which stand by I said it, that they may believe 

43 that thou hast sent me. And, when he thus had 
spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come 

44 forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound 
hand and foot with grave-clothes ; and his face was 
bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, 

45 Loose him, and let him go. Then many of the 
Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things 

46 which Jesus did, believed on him. But some of 
them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told 
them what things Jesus had done. 

47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Phari- 
sees a council, and said, What do we ? for this man 

48 doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, 
all men will believe on him ; and the Romans shall 
come and take away both our place and nation. 

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152 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Jn.11.49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high 
priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know 

50 nothing at all, nor consider that it is expedient for 
us, that one man should die for the people, and that 

51 the whole nation perish not. And this spake he 
not of himself; but being high priest that year, he 
prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; 

52 and not for that nation only, but that also he should 
gather together in one the children of God that 

53 were scattered abroad. Then, from that day forth, 
they took counsel together for to put him to death. 

54 Jesus, therefore, walked no more openly among the 
Jews ; but went thence unto a country near to the 
wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there 
continued with his disciples. 



CHAPTER XLVII. 

Christ heals a woman in the synagogue — Travels to- 
ward Jerusalem — Exhorts to enter in at the strait 
gate — Heals a man of the dropsy. 

Lk - And he was teaching in one of the synagogues 

n on the Sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman 

which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and 

was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up 

12 herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to 
him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed 

13 from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on 
her ; and immediately she was made straight, and 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 153 

Lk. glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue 
13.14 answered with indignation, because that Jesus had 
healed on the Sabbath-day, and said unto the peo- 
ple, There are six days in which men ought to 
work ; in them, therefore, come and be healed, and 

15 not on the Sabbath-day. The Lord then answered 
him, and said, Thou hypocrite ; doth not each one 
of you on the Sabbath loose his ox, or his ass from 

16 the stall, and lead him away to watering ? And 
ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abra- 
ham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen 
years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath-day? 

17 And when he had said these things, all his adver- 
saries were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced 
for all the glorious things that were done by him. 

22 And he went through the cities and villages teach- 
ing, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 

23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that 

24 be saved ? And he said unto them, Strive to enter 
in at the strait gate; for many, I say unto you, 

25 will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When 
once the Master of the house is risen up, and hath 
shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, 
and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open 
unto us : and he shall answer, and say unto you, I 

26 know you not whence ye are ; then shall ye begin 
to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, 

27 and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall 
say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are ; 

28 depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There 



154 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye 
shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all 
Lk. the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you your- 
13.29 selves thrust out. And they shall come from the 
east, and from the west, and from the north, and 
from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom 

30 of God. And, behold, there are last, which shall 
be first, and there are first, which shall be last. 

31 The same day there came certain of the Phar- 
isees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart 

32 hence ; for Herod will kill thee. And he said unto 
them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out 
devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and 

33 the third day I shall be perfected. Nevertheless, I 
must walk to-day, and to-morrow, and the day fol- 
lowing ; for it cannot be that a prophet perish out 
of Jerusalem. 

14. l And it came to pass, as he went into the house 
of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the 

2 Sabbath-day, that they watched him. And, behold, 
there was a certain man before him, which had the 

3 dropsy. And Jesus answering, spake unto the law- 
yers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on 

4 the Sabbath-day ? And they held their peace. And 

5 he took him and healed him, and let him go ; and 
answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an 
ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straight- 

6 way pull him out on the Sabbath-day ? And they 
could not answer him again to these things. 



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CHAPTER XLVIII. 

Christ exhorts to be humble by the parable of taking seats 
at feasts — The parable of the supper — Exhorts to 
forsake all and follow him. 

Lk.14.7 And he put forth a parable to those which were 
bidden, when he marked how they chose out the 

8 chief rooms, saying unto them, When thou art bid- 
den of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the 
highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou 

9 be bidden of him ; and he that bade thee and him 
come and say to thee, Give this man place; and 
thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 

io But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the 
lowest room ; that when he that bade thee cometh, 
he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher ; then 
shalt thou have worship in the presence of them 

ii that sit at meat with thee. For, whosoever exalt- 
eth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth 
himself shall be exalted. 

12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When 
thou makes t a dinner or a supper, call not thy 
friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor 
thy rich neighbors ; lest they also bid thee again, 

13 and a recompense be made thee. But when thou 
makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, 

14 the blind ; and thou shalt be blessed ; for they can- 
not recompense thee ; for thou shalt be recompensed 
at the resurrection of the just. 



156 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

Lk. And when one of them that sat at meat with him 
14 - 15 heard these things, he said unto them, Blessed is he 

16 that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. Then 
said he unto him, A certain man made a great sup- 

17 per, and bade many ; and sent his servant at sup- 
per-time to say to them that were bidden, Come, for 

18 all things are now ready. And they all with one 
consent began to make excuse. The first said unto 
him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must 
needs go and see it ; I pray thee have me excused. 

19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, 
and I go to prove them ; I pray thee have me ex- 

20 cused. And another said, I have married a wife ; 

21 and therefore I cannot come. So that servant 
came, and showed his lord these things. Then the 
master of the house, being angry, said to his ser- 
vant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of 
the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the 

22 maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the ser- 
vant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, 

23 and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the 
servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and 
compel them to come in, that my house may be 

24 filled. For I say unto you, that none of those men 
which were bidden, shall taste of my supper. 

25 And there went great multitudes with him ; and 

26 he turned, and said unto them, If any man come to 
me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, 
and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his 

27 own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And who- 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 157 

Lk. soever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, 
1428 cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intend- 
ing to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and 
counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to 
29 finish it ? Lest, haply, after he hath laid the founda- 
tion, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it 
so begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build, 

31 and was not able to finish. Or what king, going to 
make war against another king, sitteth not down 
first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten 
thousand to meet him that cometh against him with 

32 twenty thousand ? Or else, while the other is a 
great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desir- 

33 eth conditions of peace. So, likewise, whosoever he 
be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he 
cannot be my disciple. 



CHAPTER XLIX. 

The parable of the lost sheep — Ten pieces of silver — 
The prodigal son. 

Lk.15.1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and 

2 sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and 
scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sin- 
ners and eateth with them. 

3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 

4 What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he 
lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and 
nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is 



158 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Lk.15.5 lost, until he find it ? And when he hath found it, 
6 he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when 
he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and 
neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me ; for 
1 1 have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto 
you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one 
sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and 
nine just persons, which need no repentance. 

8 Either what woman, having ten pieces of silver, 
if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and 
sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it ? 

9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends 
and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with 
me ; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 

io Likewise, I say unto you, There is joy in the pres- 
ence of the angels of God over one sinner that 
repenteth. 

ii And he said, A certain man had two sons ; and the 

12 younger of them said to his father, Father, give me 
the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he 

13 divided unto them his living. And not many days 
after, the younger son gathered all together, and 
took his journey into a far country, and there 

14 wasted his substance with riotous living. And 
when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine 

15 in that land ; and he began to be in want. And he 
went' and joined himself to a citizen of that coun- 
try ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 

16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the 
husks that the swine did eat ; and no man gave 



THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 159 

Lk. unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, 

15.17 How many hired servants of my father's have bread 

enough, and to spare, and I perish with hunger ! 

18 I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto 
him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and 

19 before thee, and am no more worthy to be called 
thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants. 

20 And he arose and came to his father. But, when 
he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and 
had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and 

21 kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I 
have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and 

22 am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the 
father said to his servants, Bring forth the best 
robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring on his 

23 hand, and shoes on his feet ; and bring hither the 
fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat and be merry ; 

24 for this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he 
was . lost, and is found. And they began to be 

25 merry. Now, his elder son was in the field ; and as 
he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music 

26 and dancing. And he called one of the servants, 

27 and asked what these things meant. And he said 
unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath 
killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him 

28 safe and sound. And he was angry and would not 
go in ; and therefore came his father out, and eu- 

29 treated him. And he answering, said to his father, 
Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither trans- 
gressed I at any time thy commandment ; and yet 

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160 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Lk. thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make 

15.30 m eiTy with my friends ; but as soon as this thy son 

was come, which hath devoured thy living with har- 

31 lots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And 
he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and 

32 all that I have is thine. It was meet that we 
should make merry and be glad; for this thy 
brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, 
and is found. 



CHAPTER L. 

The unjust steward — The parable of the rich man and 
Lazarus, 

Lk.i6.i And he said also unto his disciples, There was a 
certain rich man, which had a steward; and the 
same was accused unto him that he had wasted his 

2 goods. And he called him, and said unto him, 
How is it that I hear this of thee ? give an account 
of thy stewardship ; for thou mayst be no longer 

3 steward. Then the steward said within himself, 
What shall I do, for my lord taketh away from me 
the stewardship ? I cannot dig ; to beg I am 

4 ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that when I 
am put out of the stewardship, they may receive 

5 me into their houses. So he called every one of 
his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, 

6 How much owest thou unto my lord ? And he said, 
A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 161 

him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write 

Lk.i6.7 fifty. Then said he to another, And how much 

owest thou ? And he said, A hundred measures of 

wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill and 

8 write fourscore. And the lord commended the 
unjust steward, because he had done wisely; for 
the children of this world are in their generation 

9 wiser than the children of light. And I say unto 
you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of 
unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may re- 

io ceive you into everlasting habitations. He that is 
faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in 
much ; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust 

li also in much. If, therefore, ye have not been faith- 
ful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to 

12 your trust the true riches ? And if ye have not 
been faithful in that which is another man's, who 
shall give you that which is your own ? 

14 And the Pharisees, also, who were covetous, 
heard all these things ; and they derided him. 

15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify 
yourselves before men; but God knoweth your 
hearts ; for that which is highly esteemed among 

16 men, is abomination in the sight of God. The law 
and the prophets were until John ; since that time 
the kingdom of God is preached, and every man 
presseth into it. 

19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed 
in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously 

20 every day ; and there was a certain beggar named 



162 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Lk. Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of sores, 

16 - 21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell 

from the rich man's table ; moreover the dogs came 

22 and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the 
beggar died, and was carried by the angels into 
Abraham's bosom ; the rich man also died, and was 

23 buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in 
torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus 

24 in his bosom. And he cried, and said, Father Abra- 
ham, have mercy on me ; and send Lazarus, that he 
may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my 

25 tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. But 
Abraham said, Son, remember, that thou in thy 
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise 
Lazarus evil things ; but now he is comforted, and 

26 thou art tormented. And, besides all this, between 
us and you there is a great gulf fixed ; so that they 
which would pass from hence to you cannot ; neither 
can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 

27 Then he said, I pray thee, therefore, father, that 

28 thou wouldst send him to my father's house. For 
I have five brethren; that he may testify unto 
them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 

29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the 

30 prophets ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, 
father Abraham ; but if one went unto them from 

31 the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, 
If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither 
will they be persuaded though one rose from the 
dead. 



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CHAPTER LI. 

The unjust judge — The Pharisee and publican — In- 
struction relative to putting away a wife — Little 
children brought to Christ — The young ruler in- 
quires how to obtain eternal life. 

Lk. And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, 

17.20 w hen the kingdom of God should come, he answered 

them, and said, The kingdom of God cometh not 

21 with observation. Neither shall they say, Lo, here ! 

or lo, there ! for, behold, the kingdom of God is 

within you. 

Lk.is.i And he spake a parable unto them, to this end, 

that men ought always to pray, and not to faint ; 

2 saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared 

3 not God, neither regarded man ; and there was a 
widow in that city ; and she came unto him, say- 

4 ing, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would 
not for a while ; but afterward he said within him- 

5 self, Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; yet, 
because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, 

6 lest by her continual coming she weary me. And 
the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 

7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry 
day and night unto him, though he bear long with 

8 them ? I tell you that he will avenge them speed- 
ily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, 
shall he find faith on the earth ? 

9 And he spake this parable unto certain which 

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164 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

Lk. trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and 

I8.10 despised others : Two men went up into the temple 

to pray ; the one a Pharisee, and the other a pub- 

11 lican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with 
himself, Grod, I thank thee, that I am not as other 
men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as 

12 this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give 

13 tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, stand- 
ing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes 
unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, 

14 God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, This 
man went down to his house justified rather than 
the other ; for every one that exalteth himself shall 
be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be 
exalted. 

Mti9.3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, 
and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put 

4 away his wife for every cause ? # And he answered 
and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he 
which made them at the beginning, made them male 

5 and female, t and said, For this cause shall a 
man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to 
his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh? 

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. 
What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not 

7 man put asunder. They say unto him, Why did 
Moses J then command to give a writing of divorce- 

8 ment, and to put her away ? He saith unto them, 
Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, 

* Mai. 2 : 14—16. f Gen. 1 : 27 ; 5 : 2. t Deut - 24 : *• 



THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 165 

suffered you to put away your wives ; but from the 
Mt.19.9 beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for 
fornication, and shall marry another, committeth 
adultery ; and whoso marrieth her which is put 
away doth commit adultery. 

10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the 
man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. 

11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this 

12 saying, save they to whom it is given. For there 
are some eunuchs, which were so born from their 
mother's womb ; and there are some eunuchs, which 
were made eunuchs of men ; and there be eunuchs, 
which have made themselves eunuchs for the king- 
dom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive 
it, let him receive it. 

13 Then were there brought unto him little children, 

that he should put his hands on them and pray; 

Mk - and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 
10.13 L & 

14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, 

and said unto them, Suffer the little children to 
come unto me, and forbid them not ; for of such is 

15 the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Who- 
soever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a 

16 little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took 
them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and 
blessed them. 

17 And, when he was gone forth into the way, 
behold, there came a certain ruler running, and 
kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what 



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THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



Mk. good thing shall I do that I may inherit eternal 

10.I8 life ? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou 

me good ? there is none good but one, that is God ; 

Mfc - but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the command- 

19.17 . r 

is ments. He saith unto him, Which ? Jesus said, 
Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit 
adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear 

19 false witness. Honor thy father and thy mother ; 

20 and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.* The 
young man saith unto him, All these things have I 

Mk. kept from my youth up ; what lack I yet ? Then 

10.21 Jesus beholding him, loved him, and said unto him, 

One thing thou lackest ; if thou wilt be perfect, go 

thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the 

poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven ; and 

22 come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he 
was sad at that saying, and went away grieved ; for 
he had great possessions. 

23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto 
his disciples, How hardly shall they that have 

24 riches enter into the kingdom of God ! And the 
disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus 
answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, 
how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter 

25 into the kingdom of God ! It is easier for a camel 
to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich 
man to enter into the kingdom of God. 

Mt When his disciples heard it, they were exceed- 
19.25 ingly amazed, saying, Who, then, can be saved ? 



* Ex. 20 : 12—15 ; Lev. 19 : 18. 






THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 167 

Ut But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With 
19.26 men this is impossible ; but with God all things are 
possible. 

27 Then answered Peter, and said unto him, Behold, 
we have forsaken all, and followed thee ; what shall 

28 we have therefore ? And Jesus said unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed 
me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall 
sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon 
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 

Mk. There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, 
10.29 or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, 

30 or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he 
shall receive a hundred fold now in this time, houses, 
and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, 
and lands, with persecutions ; and in the world to 

31 come eternal life. But many that are first, shall 

32 be last ; and the last first. 



CHAPTER LII. 

The laborers in the vineyard — Christ foretells his death 
— The tivo disciples ask to sit at his right hand. 

Mt.20.1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man 
that is a householder, which went out early in the 

2 morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And 
when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny 

3 a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he 
went out about the third hour, and saw others 



168 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt. 20.4 standing idle in the market-place, and said unto 
them, Go ye also into the vineyard ; and whatso- 
ever is right I will give you. And they went their 

5 way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth 

6 hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh 
hour he went out, and found others standing idle, 
and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day 

7 idle ? They say unto him, Because no man hath 
hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the 
vineyard ; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye 

8 receive. So when even was come, the lord of the 
vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, 
and give them their hire, beginning from the last 

9 unto the first. And when they came that were 
hired about the eleventh hour, they received every 

io man a penny. But when the first came, they sup- 
posed that they should have received more ; and 

li they likewise received every man a penny. And 
when they had received it, they murmured against 

12 the good man of the house, saying, These last have 
wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them 
equal unto us, which have borne the burden and 

13 heat of the day. But he answered one of them, 
and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong : didst thou 

14 not agree with me for a penny ? Take that thine 
is, and go thy way ; I will give unto this last even 

15 as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what 
I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil because 

16 I am good? So the last shall be first, and the 
first last : for many be called, but few chosen. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 169 

Mt. 20. And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem before his 

^~ disciples, he took unto him the twelve apart in the 

Mk. 10. way; and said unto them ; Behold, we go up to Jeru- 

32—34 salem, and all things that are written by the prophets 

Lk. is. concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. 

31—34 ;p or ne shall be betrayed unto the chief priests, and 

unto the scribes ; and they shall condemn him to 

death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles ; and 

they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and 

shall spit upon him, and shall put him to death : 

and the third day he shall rise again. And they 

were amazed ; and as they followed, they were 

afraid ; but they understood none of these things ; 

and this saying was hid from them, neither knew 

they the things which were spoken. 

Mt. 20. Then came to him James and John, the sons of 

on 91 

& Zebedee, with their mother, worshipping him, and 
Mk. 10. saying, Master, we would that thou shouldst do for 
us whatsoever we shall desire. And he said unto 
them, What would ye that I should do for you ? 
They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may 
sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy 
left hand, in thy kingdom. But Jesus said unto 
them, Ye know not what ye ask : are ye able to 
drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized 
with the baptism that I am baptized with ? And 
they say unto him, We are able. And Jesus said 
unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I 
drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized 
withal shall ye be baptized : but to sit on my right 



35—41 



170 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give ; 
but it shall be given to them for whom it is pre- 
pared of my Father. And when the ten heard it, 
they began to be much displeased with the two 
Mt. brethren James and John. But Jesus called them 
20 - 25 unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the 
Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that 

26 are great exercise authority upon them. But it 
shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be 

27 great among you, let him be your minister ; and 
whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your 

28 servant : even as the Son of man came not to be 
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his 
life a ransom for many. 



CHAPTER LIII. 

Jesus gives sight to a blind man at Jericho — Calls Zac- 
cheus — The ten pounds given to ten servants. 

Mk - And they came to Jericho : and as he went out 
& of Jericho with his disciples, and a great number of 
Mt - people, behold two blind men sat by the way side 
& begging ; and one of them, Bartimeus, son of Tim- 
Lk o * eus, hearing the multitude pass by, asked what it 

37 meant. And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth 

38 passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son 

39 of David, have mercy on me. And they which 
went before rebuked him, that he should hold his 
peace : but he cried so much the more, Thou son 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 171 

Mk. of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood 

10 - 49 still, and commanded him to be called. And they 

call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good 

50 comfort, rise ; he calleth thee. And he, casting 

51 away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. And 
Jesus said unto him, What wilt thou that I should 
do unto thee ? The blind man said unto him, Lord, 

52 that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said 
unto him, Keceive thy sight; go thy way ; thy faith 
hath made thee whole. And immediately he re- 
ceived his sight, and followed Jesus in the way, 

i8 k 43 gl° r ify m g God. And all the people, when they 

saw it, gave praise unto God. 
19 - 2 And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, 

which was the chief among the publicans, and he 
s was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was ; 

and could not for the press, because he was little of 

4 stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a 
sycamore tree to see him ; for he was to pass that way. 

5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and 
saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, 
and come down ; for to-day I must abide at thy house. 

6 And he made haste, and came down, and received 

7 him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all mur- 
mured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with 

8 a man that is a sinner. And Zaccheus stood, and 
said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my 
goods I give to the poor ; and if I have taken any- 
thing from any man by false accusation, I restore 

9 him four-fold. And Jesus said unto him, This day 

16 



172 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he 
Lk.1910. also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is 
come to seek and to save that which was lost. 

11 And, as they heard these things, he added, and 
spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, 
and because they thought that the kingdom of Grod 

12 should immediately appear. He said, therefore, A 
certain nobleman went into a far country to receive 

13 for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he 
called his ten servants, and delivered them ten 
pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 

H But his citizens hated him, and sent a messenger 
after him, saying, We will not have this man to 

15 reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he 
was returned, having received the kingdom, then he 
commanded these servants to be called unto him, to 
whom he had given the money, that he might know 

16 how much every man had gained by trading. Then 
came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained 

17 ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou 
good servant ; because thou hast been faithful in 
a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 

is And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath 

19 gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, 

20 Be thou also over five cities. And another came, 
saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I 

21 have kept laid up in a napkin : for I feared thee, 
because thou art an austere man ; thou takest up 
that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou 

22 didst not sow. And he saith unto him, Out of 






THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 173 

thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked 
servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, 
taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I 
Lk.19.23 did not sow : wherefore then gavest not thou my 
money into the bank, that at my coming I might 

24 have required mine own with usury ? And he said 
unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, 

25 and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And 
they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 

26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which 
hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not, 
even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 

27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I 
should reign over them, bring hither, and slay 
them before me. 



CHAPTEE LIV. ■ 

Christ rides into Jerusalem in triumph — Children praise 
him in the temple. 

28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, 
ascending up to Jerusalem. 
jn.n.55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand ; and 
many went out of the country up to Jerusalem, 

56 before the passover, to purify themselves. Then 
sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, 
as they stood in the temple, What think ye ? that 

57 he will not come to the feast ? Now both the 
chief priests and the Pharisees had given a com- 



174 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

mandment, that if any man knew where he were, 

he should show it, that they might take him. 

Jn.12.1 Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to 

Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, 

9 whom he raised from the dead. Much people of 

the Jews, therefore, knew that he was there ; and 

they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they 

might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from 

10 the dead. But the chief priests consulted, that 

ii they might put Lazarus also to death ; because that 

by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and 

believed on Jesus. 

Mt. 21 On the next day, when they drew nigh unto Jeru- 

& salem, and were come to Bethphage and Bethany, at 

Mk - n - the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disci- 

& pies, saying unto them, Go into the village over 

Lk.i9. a g ams t y 0U> an( j straightway ye shall find an ass tied, 

& and a colt with her, whereon never man sat ; loose 

12— fo them and bring them to me. And if any man say 

aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need 

of them, and straightway he will send them. And 

the disciples went, and found them tied by the door 

without, in a place where two ways met ; and, as 

they were loosing them, the owners thereof said 

unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? And 

they said unto them, The Lord hath need of them, 

even as Jesus commanded. And they let them go ; 

and they brought them to Jesus; and they cast 

their garments upon the colt, and they sat Jesus 

thereon. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 175 

All this was clone that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the prophet,* saying, Tell ye the 
daughter of Zion, Behold, thy king cometh unto 
thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the 
foal of an ass. And many spread their garments 
in the way; and others cut down branches off the 
trees and strewed them in the way. And much 
people that were come to the feast, when they heard 
that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches 
of palm-trees and went forth to meet him. And 
the whole multitude of the disciples began to re- 
joice and praise God with a loud voice for all the 
mighty works that they had seen. And the multi- 
tudes that went before, and they that followed, cried, 
saying, Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is 
he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Blessed 
be the kingdom of our father David that cometh in 
the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. 
j n . These things understood not his disciples at the 
12.I6 fi rs t . Du ^ when Jesus was glorified, then remem- 
bered they that these things were written of him, 
and that they had done these things unto him. 

17 The people, therefore, that was with him when he 
called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him 

18 from the dead, bare record. For this cause the 
people also met him, for that they heard that he 

19 had done this miracle. The Pharisees, therefore, 
said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail 

* Zech. 9 : 9. 

16* 



176 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

nothing ? Behold, the world is gone after him. 
Lk. And some of the Pharisees from among the multi- 
19 - 39 tude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 

40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you, 
that if these should hold their peace, the stones 
would immediately cry out. 

41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, 

42 and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even 
thou, at least in this thy day, the things which 
belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from 

43 thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, 
that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, 
and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every 

44 side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and 
thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave 
in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knew- 
est not the time of thy visitation. 

Mt. And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the 
2L1 ° city was moved, saying, Who is this ? And the 
n multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Naza- 
reth of G-alilee. And he entered into the temple. 

14 And the blind and the lame came to him, and he 

15 healed them. And when the chief priests and 
scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and 
the children crying in the temple, and saying, 
Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore 

16 displeased, and said unto him, Hearest thou what 
these say ? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea ; have 
ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and suck- 
lings thou hast perfected praise ? 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 177 

Mk. And when he had looked round about upon all 
11 - 11 things, and now the even tide was come, he left 
Mt2i.i7 them, and went out of the city into Bethany ; and 
he lodged there. 



CHAPTER LV. 

The barren fig-tree — Christ casts out those that sold 
doves, SfC — Asks from whence was the baptism of 
John — The two sons ordered into the vineyard — 
The vineyard let out to wicked husbandmen. 

Mt. Now in the morning, when they were come from 

21 18 

& * Bethany, he was hungry ; and, seeing a fig-tree afar 

Mk - off, having leaves, he came, if haply he might find 

anything thereon; and, when he came to it, he 

found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was 

14 not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, No 
man eat fruit of thee hereafter forever. And his 
disciples heard it. 

15 And they come to Jerusalem : and Jesus went into 
the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and 
bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the 
money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves ; 

16 and would not suffer that any man should carry any 

17 vessel through the temple, saying unto them, It is 
written, My house shall be called of all nations the 
house of prayer ; # but ye have made it a den of 

is thieves. t And the scribes and chief priests heard 

* Is. 56 : 7. t Jer. 7 : 11. 



178 THE HISTOKY OF CHRIST. 

it, and sought how they might destroy him, but 
Lk. could not find what they might do ; for they feared 
19.48 n i m? because all the people were attentive to hear 
Mk - him. And when even was come he went out of the 

11.19 

Lk. city and in the day-time he was teaching in the 

21 - 37 temple, and at night he went out, and abode in the 

38 mount that is called the Mount of Olives. And all 

the people came early in the morning to him in the 

temple, for to hear him. 
Mk - And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw 
Mt. the fig-tree dried up from the roots. And when the 
2L20 disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon 
Mk. is the fig-tree withered away ! And Peter calling to 
1L21 remembrance, saith unto him, Master, behold the 

fig-tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 

22 And Jesus answering, saith unto them, Have faith 

Mt. in God. For verily I say unto you, If ye have 

21,21 faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this 

which is done to the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall 
Mk. say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be 
1L23 thou cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt in your 

heart, but shall believe that those things which ye 

24 say shall come to pass, it shall be done. Therefore, 
I say unto you, What things soever ye desire when 
ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall 

25 have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive 
if ye have aught against any ; that your Father 
also which is in heaven may forgive you. 

Mt.21. And they come again to Jerusalem ; and, as he 
taught the people and preached the gospel in the 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 179 

& temple, there came to him the chief priests, and the 
27—33 scribes, and the elders, saying unto him, Tell us by 

& what authority doest thou these things ? and who 

il_8 gave thee this authority to do these things ? And 
Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also 
ask of you one question, which, if ye tell me, I 
will tell you by what authority I do these things. 
The baptism of John, whence was it ; from heaven, 
or of men ? answer me. And they reasoned with 
themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven ; 
he will say, Why, then, did ye not believe him ? 
But if we shall say, Of men, all the people will 
stone us ; for all men counted John, that he was a 
prophet indeed. And they answered and said unto 
Jesus, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, 
Neither tell I you by what authority I do these 

Mt. things. 

21.28 But what think ye ? A certain man had two 
sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go 

29 work to-day in my vineyard. He answered and 
said, I will not ; but afterward he repented, and 

30 went. And he came to the second, and said like- 
wise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and 

31 went not. Whether of them twain did the will of 
his father ? They say unto him, The first. Jesus 
saith unto them, Yerily I say unto you, that the 
publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of 

32 God before you. For John came unto you in the 
way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; 
but the publicans and the harlots believed him ; 



180 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not after- 
ward, that ye might believe him. 
Mt. Hear another parable : There was a certain 

2L38 householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged 
it round about, and digged a wine-press in it, and 
built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and 
34 went into a far country. And, when the time of 
the fruit drew near, he sent his servant to the hus- 
bandmen, that he might receive the fruits of it. 

k.12.3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him 

4 away empty. And again he sent unto them another 
servant ; and at him they cast stones, and wounded 
him in the head, and sent him away shamefully 

5 handled. And again he sent another; and him 
they killed, and many others ; beating some, and 

Lk - killing- some. Then said the lord of the vineyard, 

20.13 

Mk.12.6 What shall I do ? And having yet one son, his 

well-beloved, he said, I will send my beloved son ; 

it may be they will reverence him when they see 

Mt . him. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they 

2L38 said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let 

us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 

39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vine- 

40 yard, and slew him. When the lord, therefore, of 
the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those 

41 husbandmen ? They say unto him, He will miser- 
ably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his 
vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render 

42 him the fruits in their seasons. Jesus saith unto 
them, Did ye never read in the Scriptures,* The 

* Ps. 118 : 22, 23. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 181 

stone which the builders rejected, the same is be- 
come the head of the corner ; this is the Lord's 
Mt. doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes ? Therefore 
2L43 say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken 
from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the 

44 fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this 
stone, shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall 

45 fall, it will grind him to powder. And when the 
chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, 

46 they perceived that he spake against them. But 
when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared 
the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. 



CHAPTER LYI. 

The marriage-supper of the king's son — Christ is ques- 
tioned whether it be lawful to pay tribute to Ccesar — 
The seven brethren who had one wife. 

Mt.22.1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again 

2 by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a certain king, which made a marriage 

3 for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them 
that were bidden to the wedding ; and they would 

4 not come. Again he sent forth other servants, say- 
ing, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have 
prepared my dinner ; my oxen and my fatlings are 
killed, and all things are ready; come unto the 

5 marriage. But they made light of it, and went 
their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchan- 



182 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt.22.6 dise : and the remnant took his servants, and en- 

7 treated them spitefully, and slew them. But when 
the king heard thereof, he was wroth ; and he sent 
forth his armies and destroyed those murderers, and 

8 burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, 
The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden 

9 were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the high- 
ways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the 

io marriage. So those servants went out into the 
highways, and gathered together all, as many as 
they found, both bad and good ; and the wedding 
was furnished with guests. 

ii And when the king came in to see the guests, he 
saw there a man which had not on a wedding gar- 

12 ment ; and he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest 
thou in hither, not having a wedding garment ? And 

13 he was speechless. Then saith the king to the ser- 
vants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, 
and cast him into outer darkness ; there shall be 

Sweeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are 

called, but few are chosen. 

Mt.22. Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how 

15—33 they might entangle him in his talk, that they 

Mk. 12. might deliver him unto the power and authority of 

13 7~ 17 the governor. And they sent out unto him their 

Lk. 20. disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we 

2 o_4o k now ^ a t ta 0U art true, and teachest the way of 

Grod in truth, neither carest thou for any man : for 

thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us, 

therefore, What thinkest thou ? Is it lawful to 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 183 

give tribute unto Caesar, or not ? Shall we give, 
or shall we not give ? But Jesus perceived their 
wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hyp- 
ocrites ? Show me the tribute-money, that I may 
see it. And they brought unto him a penny. And 
he saith unto them, Whose is this image and 
superscription ? They say unto him, Caesar's. 
Then saith he unto them, Render, therefore, unto 
Caesar the things which are Caesar's ; and unto God 
the things that are God's. When they had heard 
these words, they marvelled at his answer ; and 
could not take hold of his words before the peo- 
ple, but held their peace, and left him, and went 
their way. The same day came to him the Saddu- 
cees, which say that there is no resurrection, and 
asked him, saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us ; 
If a man die, having no children, his brother shall 
marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.* 
Now there were with us seven brethren, and the 
first took a wife, and died without children. And 
the second took her to wife, and he died childless. 
And the third took her ; and in like manner the 
seven also : and they left no children, and died. 
Last of all the woman died also. Therefore, in the 
resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be ? for 
the seven had her to wife. And Jesus answering, 
said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the Scrip- 
tures nor the power of God. The children of this 
world marry, and are given in marriage : but they 
which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that 

* Deut. 25 : 5, 6. 

17 



184 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

world and the resurrection from the dead, neither 
marry, nor are given in marriage : neither can they 
die any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; 
and are the children of God, being the children of 
the resurrection. But, as touching the resurrection 
of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken 
unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abra- 
ham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? 
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 
Ye therefore do greatly err. And when the multi- 
tude heard this, they were astonished at his doc- 
trine. Then certain of the scribes answering, said, 
Master, thou hast well said. 



CHAPTER LVII. 

A Pharisee lawyer asks which is the greatest command- 
ment — Christ asks what they think of the Messiah — 
Condemns the Scribes and Pharisees as hypocrites. 

Mt. But when the Pharisees had heard that he had 
22.34 p U t the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered 

35 together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, 
asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the 
Mk. law ? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the 
12.29 commandments is, # Hear, Israel ! The Lord our 

30 God is one Lord. And thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This 

* Deut. 6 : 4. 5. 



THE HIST011Y OF CHRIST. 185 

Mk- is the first commandment. And the second is like 

12. ol 

Mt. unto it, # Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

On these two commandments hang all the law and 

12.31 the prophets. There is none other commandment 

32 greater than these. And the scribe said unto him, 
Well, Master, thou hast said the truth : for there 

33 is one God ; and there is none other but he : and 
to love him with all the heart, and with all the 
understanding, and with all the soul, and with all 
the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is 
more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 

34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, 
he said unto him, Thou art not far from the king- 
dom of God. 

Mt. While the Pharisees were gathered together, Je- 

22.41 . & & . 

42 sus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ ? 
whose son is he ? They say unto him, The son of 

43 David. He saith unto them, How then doth David 
in spirit call him Lord, saying, in the book of 

44 Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on 
my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy foot- 

45 stool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he 

46 his son ? And no man was able to answer him a 
word, neither durst any man from that day forth 
ask him any more questions. 

Mt.23.i Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his 

2 disciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit 

3 in Moses' seat. All therefore whatsoever they bid 
you observe, that observe and do ; but beware of 

* L«V. 19 : 18. 



186 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

tke?n, and do not ye after their works : for they 
Mt. 23.4 say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and 
grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoul- 
ders ; but they themselves will not move them with 

5 one of their fingers. But all their works they do 
for to be seen of men : they make broad their phy- 
lacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,* 

6 and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the 

7 chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the 
markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 

8 But be not ye called Rabbi ; for one is your Master, 

9 even Christ, and all ye are brethren. And call no 
man your father upon the earth ; for one is your 

io Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called 
masters : for one is your Master, even Christ. 

n But he that is greatest among you shall be your 

12 servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall 
be abased ; and he that shall humble himself shall 
be exalted. 

is But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven 
against men : for ye neither go in yourselves, 
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 

14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence 
make long prayer : therefore ye shall receive the 

15 greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land 
to make one proselyte ; and when he is made, ye 

* Numb. 15: 38,39. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 187 

Mt. make him two-fold more the child of hell than your- 

23.16 selves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides ! which 

say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is 

nothing : but whosoever shall swear by the gold of 

17 the temple, he is a debtor. Ye fools, and blind ! 
for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that 

18 sanctifieth the gold ? And whosoever shall swear 
by the altar, it is nothing : but whosoever swear- 

19 eth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye 
fools, and blind ! for whether is greater, the gift, 

20 or the altar that sanctifieth the gift ? Whoso, 
therefore, shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, 

21 and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear 
by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that 

22 dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by 
heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him 

23 that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, 
and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the 
weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and 
faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to 

24 leave the other undone. Ye blind guides ! which 

25 strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye make 
clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but 

26 within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou 
blind Pharisee ! cleanse first that which is within 
the cup and platter, that the outside of them may 

27 be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Phari- 
sees, hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whited sepul- 

17* 



188 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

chres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but 

Mt. are within full of dead men's bones, and of all 

23.28 uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear 

righteous unto men, but within, ye are full of hy- 

29 pocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs 
of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the 

30 righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of 
our fathers, we would not have been partakers with 

si them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye 
be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the chil- 

32 dren of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye 

33 up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, 
ye generation of vipers ! how can ye escape the 
damnation of hell ? 

34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, 
and wise men, and scribes : and some of them ye 
shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye 
scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them 

35 from city to city : that upon you may come all the 
righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood 
of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zechariah, son 
of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple 

36 and the altar. # Yerily I say unto you, All these 

37 things shall come upon this generation. Jerusa- 
lem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and 
stonest them which are sent unto thee : how often 
would I have gathered thy children together,, even 
as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, 

* Gen. 4 : 8 ; 2 Chron. 24 : 20—22. 



THE HISTORY OV CHRIST. 189 

ML and ye would not ! Behold, your house is left 

23.38 J 

39 unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall 
not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is 
he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 



CHAPTER LVIII. 

The ividow's mite — Greeks inquire after Jesus — Christ 
teaches concerning himself. 

Mk. And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and 
12 - 41 beheld how the people cast money into the treas- 

42 ury : and many that were rich, cast in much. And 
there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in 

43 two mites, which make a farthing. And he called 
Lk. 21.3 his disciples, and saith unto them, Of a truth I say 

unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more 
4 than they all : for all these have of their abundance 

cast in unto the offerings of God : but she of her 
j n . penury hath cast in all the living that she had. 
12.20 And there were certain Greeks among 'them, that 

21 came up to worship at the feast : the same came, 
therefore, to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Gal- 
ilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see 

22 Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew ; and 
again, Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. 

23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is 
come that the Son of man should be glorified. 

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of 
wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth 
alone : but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 



190 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Jn.12.25 He that loveth his life, shall lose it ; and he that 
hateth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life 

26 eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me ; 
and where I am, there shall also my servant be ; 
if any man serve me, him will my Father honor. 

27 Now is my soul troubled ; and what shall I say ? 
Father, save me from this hour ; but for this cause 

28 came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. 
Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I 
have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 

29 The people, therefore, that stood by, and heard it, 
said, That it thundered; others said, An angel 

so spake to him. Jesus answered and said, This voice 

came not, because of me, but for your sakes. 

si Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the 

32 prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be 
lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. 

33 This he said, signifying what death he should die. 

34 The people answered him, We have heard out of 
the law, that Christ abideth forever;* and how 
sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up ? 

35 Who is this Son of man ? Then Jesus said unto 
them, Yet a little while is the light with you; walk 
while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon 
you ; for he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not 

36 whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in 
the light, that ye may be the children of light. 

44 Jesus cried, and said, He that believeth on me, be- 

45 lieveth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he 

* 2 Sam. 7 : 13. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 191 

Jn.12.46 that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. I am come 
a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on 

47 me should not abide in darkness. And if any man 
hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not ; 
for I came not to judge the world, but to save the 

48 world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my 
words, hath one that judgeth him ; the word that I 
have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 

49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father 
which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I 

50 should say, and what I should speak. And I know 
that his commandment is life everlasting ; whatso- 
ever I speak, therefore, even as the Father said 

36 unto me, so I speak. These things spake Jesus, 
and departed, and did hide himself from them. 

37 But though he had done so many miracles before 

38 them, yet they believed not on him ; that the say- 
ing of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which 
he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report ? and 
to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed ? * 

39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Isaiah 

40 said again. He hath blinded their eyes, and hard- 
ened their heart ; that they should not see with 
their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be 

41 converted, and I should heal them.t These things 
said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of 
him. 

42 Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many 
believed on him ; but because of the Pharisees, they 

* Is. 53: 1. f Is. 6 : 9, 10. 



192 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

did not confess him, lest they should be put out of 
43 the synagogue ; for they loved the praise of men 
more than the praise of God. 



CHAPTER LIX. 



The disciples call his attention to the temple — He proph- 
esies the destruction of the Jewish polity. 

Mt.24.1 And, as Jesus went out, and departed from the 
temple, his disciples came to him, for to show him 

Mk.13.1 the buildings of the temple ; and saith unto him, 
Master, see what manner of stones, and what build- 

Mt.24.2 ings are here. And Jesus said unto them, See ye 
not all these things? Verily I say unto you, 
There shall not be left here one stone upon another, 
that shall not be thrown down. 

3 And, as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, over 
against the temple, the disciples came unto him pri- 
vately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be ? 
and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of 

4 the end of the world ? And Jesus answered and 
said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive 

5 you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I 

6 am Christ ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall 
hear of wars, and rumors of wars ; see that ye be 
not troubled ; for all these things must come to 

7 pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise 
Lk . against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 
21 - n And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 193 

Lk. and famines, and pestilences ; and fearful sights 
21.12 and great signs shall there be from heaven. But 
before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, 
and persecute you, delivering you up to the syna- 
gogues, and into prisons, being brought before 
13 kings and rulers for my name's sake. And it shall 
i± turn to you for a testimony against them. Settle 
it, therefore, in your hearts, not to meditate before, 
15 what ye shall answer ; for I will give you a mouth 
and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be 
17 able to gainsay nor resist. And ye shall be be- 
trayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, 
Mt.24.9 and friends ; and they shall deliver you up to be 
Lk. afflicted, and some of you shall they cause to be put 
2L16 to death ; and ye shall be hated of all nations for 
is my name's sake. But there shall not an hair of 
19 your head finally perish. In your patience possess 
Mt. y e y 0ur sou l s . And then shall many be offended, 
' and shall betray one another, and shall hate one 
li another. And many false prophets shall rise, and 

12 shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall 

13 abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he 
that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be 

14 saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be 
preached in all the world, for a witness unto all 

15 nations ; and then shall the end come. When ye, 
therefore, shall see the abomination of desolation, 
spoken of by Daniel * the prophet, stand in the 

13. it holy place, where it ought not (whoso readeth, let 

*Dan. 9: 27; 12: 11. 



194 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Lk.21.20 him understand) ; and when ye shall see Jerusalem 
compassed with armies, then know that the desola- 

21 tion thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in 
Judea flee to the mountains ; and let them which 
are in the midst of it depart out ; and let not them 

22 that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these 
be the days of vengeance, that all things which are 

Mk.^ wr itten may be fulfilled. Then let him that is on 

the house-top not go down into the house, neither 

enter therein, to take anything out of his house. 

16 And let him that is in the field, not turn back again 

Lk.i7.32for to take up his garment. Remember Lot's wife. 

Lk.2i.23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them 

that give suck in those days ! for there shall be 

great distress in the land, and wrath upon this peo- 

24 pie. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, 

Mt 24.20 and shall be led away captive into all nations. But 

pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither 

21 on the Sabbath-day ; for then shall be great tribu- 
lation, such as was not since the beginning of the 

22 world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And ex- 
cept those days should be shortened, there should 
no flesh be saved ; but for the elect's sake those 

Lk - days shall be shortened: but Jerusalem shall be 

21.24 J 

Mt. trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of 
24 - 23 the Gentiles be fulfilled. Then if any man shall 
say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there ; believe 
24 it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and 
false prophets, and shall show great signs and won- 
ders ; insomuch, that, if it were possible, they 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 195 

Mt.2425 shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told 

26 you before. Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, 
Behold, he is in the desert ; go not forth : Behold, 

27 he is in the secret chambers ; believe it not. For, 
as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth 
even unto the west, so shall also the coming of 

17.25 the Son of man be. But first must he suffer many 
things, and be rejected of this generation. 



CHAPTER LX. 



Christ foretells the destruction of Jerusalem and the 
final dissolution — The ten virgins. 

Mfc - Immediately after the tribulation of those days 

24.29 

shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not 

give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, 

and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken ; 

Lk - and upon the earth distress of nations, with per- 

°1 25 

plexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's 

26 hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after 

Mt. those things which are coming on the earth ; and 

24 - 30 then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in 

heaven ; and then shall all the tribes of the earth 

mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming 

in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of 

a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect 

Mk - from the four winds, from the uttermost part of 

13.27 

Lk. the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. And 
21.28 wnen these things begin to come to pass, then look 

18 



196 THE HISTORY OP CH1UST. 

up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption 
drawetli nigh. 
Mt. js[ ow i earn a parable of the fig-tree : When his 

24.32 

branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye 

33 know that summer is nigh ; so likewise ye, when ye 
shall see all these things come to pass, know that 
the kingdom of God is near, even at the doors. 

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not 

35 pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and 
earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass 



36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man ; no, 
not the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but my 

37 Father only. But as the days of Noah were,* so 

38 shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For 
as in the days that were before the flood, they were 
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in mar- 
riage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 

39 and knew not until the flood came, and took them 
Lk. all away. Likewise, also, as it was in the days of 
17.28 l ^ they did eat, they drank, they bought, they 

29 sold, they planted, they builded ; but the same day 
that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and 
brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. t 

34 I tell you, In that night there shall be two men in 
one bed ; the one shall be taken, and the other shall 

35 be left. Two women shall be grinding together at 
the mill ; the one shall be taken, and the other 

36 left. Two men shall be in the field ; the one shall 

* Gen. 6 : 5—8 ; 7 : 21, 22. f Gen. 19 : 22, 25. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 197 

Lk. be taken, and the other left. And they answered 
17 - 37 and said unto him, Where, Lord ? And he said 

unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will 

the eagles be gathered together. 
Lk. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time 
21.34 y 0ur hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and 

drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day 
35 come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it 

come on all them that dwell on the face of the 
Mk. whole earth. For the Son of man is as a man 
1SM taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave 

authority to his servants, and to every man his 

35 work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch 
ye, therefore, for ye know not when the master of the 
house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock- 

36 crowing, or in the morning ; lest, coming suddenly, 
Lk - he find you sleeping. Watch ye, therefore, and 

pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to 

escape all these things that shall come to pass, and 

Mt. to stand before the Son of man. But know this, 

24 - 43 that if the good man of the house had known in 

what watch the thief would come, he would have 

watched, and would not have suffered his house to 

44 be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready ; for in 

such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man 

Mk. cometh. And what I say unto you, I say unto all, 

i 3 - 37 Watch. 

Mt.25.1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened 

unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went 

2 forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them 



198 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt.25.3 were wise, and five were foolish. They that were 
foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them ; 

4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their 

5 lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all 

6 slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was 
a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye 

7 out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and 

8 trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto 
the wise, Give us of your oil ; for our lamps are 

9 gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so ; 
lest there be not enough for us and you ; but go ye 
rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came ; 

and they that were ready went in with him to the 
n marriage ; and the door was shut. Afterward came 

also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to 

12 us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto 

13 you, I know you not. Watch, therefore, for ye 
know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son 
of man cometh. 



CHAPTER LXI. 

The parable of the talents — The sheep and the goats, 

Mt. For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travel - 

25.14 } m g m ^ a f ar country, who called his own servants, 

15 and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one 

he gave five talents, to another two, and to another 

one ; to every man according to his several ability ; 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 199 

Mt - and straightway took his journey. Then he that 
had received the five talents went and traded with 

17 the same, and made them other five talents. And 
likewise he that had received two, he also gained 

18 other two. But he that had received one, went 
and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 

19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, 

20 and reckoneth with them. And so he that had re- 
ceived five talents came, and brought other five tal- 
ents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five 
talents; behold, I have gained besides them five 

21 talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, 
thou good and faithful servant ; thou hast been 
faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler 
over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy 

22 lord. He also that had received two talents came, 
and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two tal- 
ents ; behold, I have gained two other talents 

23 besides them. His lord said unto him, Well done, 
good and faithful servant : thou hast been faithful 
over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many 

24 things ; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Then 
he which had received the one ' talent came, and 
said, Lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, 
reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering 

25 where thou hast not strewed ; and I was afraid, and 
went and hid thy talent in the earth ; lo, there thou 

26 hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto 
him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knew- 
est that I reap where I sowed not, and gather 

18* 



200 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

Mt - where I have not strewed. Thou ouo;htest, there- 

25.27 

fore, to have put my money to the exchangers, and 
then at my coming I should have received mine 

28 own with usury. Take, therefore, the talent from 
him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 

29 For unto every one that hath, shall be given, and 
he shall have abundance ; but from him that hath 
not, shall be taken away even that which he hath. 

30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer 
darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. 

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, 
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit 

32 upon the throne of his glory ; and before him shall 
be gathered all nations ; and he shall separate them 
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep 

33 from the goats ; and he shall set the sheep on his 

34 right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall 
the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, 
ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom pre- 
pared for you from the foundation of the world ; 

35 for I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat ; I was 
thirsty, and ye gave me drink ; I was a stranger, 

36 and ye took me in ; naked, and ye clothed me ; I 
was sick, and ye visited me ; I was in prison, and 

37 ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer 
him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, 
and fed thee ? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? 

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? 

39 or naked, and clothed thee ? Or when saw we thee 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 201 

Mt - sick, or in prison, and came unto thee ? And the 
King shall answer, and say unto them, Yerily I say 
unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the 
least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, 
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, 

42 prepared for the devil and his angels : for I was a 
hungered, and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, 

43 and ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and 
ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not : 

44 sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then 
shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw 
we thee a hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or 
naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister 

45 unto thee ? Then shall he answer them, saying, 
Yerily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not 
to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punish- 
ment ; but the righteous into life eternal. 



CHAPTER LXII. 

Mary anoints Jesus in the house of Simon the leper — 
Judas covenants with the chief priests to betray Christ 
— The disciples strive who shall be greatest — Are 
reproved by Christ. 

Mt. 26. And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all 

1—16 . 

Mk. 14. these sayings, he said unto his disciples, Ye know 
1 ~ 11 that after two days is the feast of the passover, and 
2—e the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 



202 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Then assembled together the chief priests, and 
the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the 
palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 
and consulted that they might take Jesus by sub- 
tlety, and kill him. But they said, Not on the 
feast-day, lest there be an uproar among the 
people. 

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house 
of Simon the leper, there they made him a supper, 
and Martha served ; but Lazarus was one of them 
that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary 
an alabaster box, containing a pound of ointment 
of spikenard, very precious, and anointed the feet 
of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair ; and 
she brake the box, and poured it on his head ; and 
the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. 
Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's 
son, which should betray him, had indignation with- 
in himself, and said, Why was this waste of the 
ointment made ? For it might have been sold for 
more than three hundred pence, and have been 
given to the poor. This he said, not that he cared 
for the poor ; but because he was a thief, and had 
the bag, and bare what was put therein. And they 
murmured against her. Then said Jesus, Let her 
alone : why trouble ye her ? she hath wrought a 
good work on me. For ye have the poor always 
with you, and whensoever ye will, ye may do them 
good ; but me ye have not always. She hath done 
what she could ; she is come aforehand to anoint 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 203 

my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, 
Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the 
whole world, there shall also this, that this woman 
hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 
Mt. 26. Then entered Satan into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, 

14—16 . . 

& being one of the twelve, and he went his way unto 

Mk. 14. the chief priests to betray him. And he said unto 

& them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him 

Lk. 22. un to you? And when they heard it they were glad; 

and covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 

And from that time he sought opportunity to betray 

him unto them in the absence of the multitude. 

Lk.22.7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when 

8 the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter 
and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, 

9 that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where 
10 wilt thou that we prepare ? And he said unto 

14.13 them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet 
you a man bearing a pitcher of water : follow him. 

14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the good 
man of the house, the Master saith, Where is the 
guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with 

15 my disciples ? And he will show you a large up- 
per room furnished and prepared : there make ready 

16 for us. And his disciples went forth, and came into 
the city, and found as he had said unto them : and 

22P14 they made ready the passover. And when the hour 
was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles 
with him. 
24 And there was a strife among them, which of 



204 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

2^25 ^ nem should be accounted the greatest. And he 
said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise 
lordship over them ; and they that exercise author- 

26 it y upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall 
not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let 
him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he 

27 that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that 
sitteth at meat, or he that serveth ? is not he that 
sitteth at meat ? but I am among you as he that 

28 serveth. Ye are they which have continued with 

29 me in my temptations : and I appoint unto you a 
kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me ; 

30 that ye may eat and drink at my table in my king- 
dom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes 

Jjk of Israel. And he said unto them, With desire I 

22.15 

have desired to eat this passover with you before I 

16 suffer : for I say unto you, I will not any more eat 
thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of Grod. 

17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, 
Take this, and divide it among yourselves. 



CHAPTER LXIII. 

Christ washes the disciples'' feet — They sit down at the 
passover — Judas receives the sop and goes out — The 
supper instituted, 

Jn.i3.i Now, before the feast of the passover, when 
Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should 
depart out of this world unto the Father, having 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 205 

loved his own which were in the world, he loved 
Jn.13.3 them unto the end. Jesus, knowing that the Father 

had given all things into his hands, and that he was 
4 come from God, and went to God, he riseth from 

supper, and laid aside his garments ; and took a 
6 towel, and girded himself. After that, he poureth 

water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' 

feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he 

6 was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter : and 
Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my 

7 feet ? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I 
do, thou knowest not now ; but thou shalt know 

8 hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never 
wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee 

9 not thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith 
unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands 

10 and my head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed, 
needeth not, save to wash his feet, but is clean every 

n whit : and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew 
who should betray him ; therefore said he, Ye are 

12 not all clean. So, after he had washed their feet, 
and had taken his garments, and was set down 
again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have 

13 done to you ? Ye call me Master, and Lord : and 

14 ye say well ; for so I am. If I then, your Lord 
and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought 

15 to wash one another's feet. For I have given you 
an example, that ye should do as I have done to 

16 you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant 
is not greater than his lord; neither he that is 



206 THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 

«* n - sent, greater than he that sent him. If ye know 
these things, happy are ye if ye do them. 

18 I speak not of you all ; I know whom I have 
chosen : but, that the scripture may be fulfilled, 
He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his 

19 heel against me.* Now I tell you before it come, 
that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that 

20 1 am he. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 

receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me ; and 

Jn# he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. 

13.21 When Jesus had thus said, as they sat, and did eat, 

Mt. 26. ne was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, 

21—25 Yerily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray 

me. Then the disciples were exceeding sorrowful, 

and looked one on another, doubting of whom he 

spake. And began to inquire, saying, Lord, is it I ? 

And another said, Is it I ? And he answered and 

said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth 

with me in the dish. The Son of man goeth, as it 

is written of him : but woe unto that man by whom 

the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for 

&2S ^ a ^ man ^ ^ e k ac ^ no ^ been born. Now there was 

leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom 

24 Jesus loved. Simon Peter, therefore, beckoned to 
him, that he should ask who it should be of whom 

25 he spake. He then, lying on Jesus' breast, saith 

26 unto him, Lord, who is it ? Jesus answered, He it 
is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped 

* P9. 41 : 9. 



THE HISTORY OP CHRIST. 207 



it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to 
Mk Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. Then Judas an- 
swered and said, Master, is it I ? He said unto 
13 n ' him, Thou hast said. And after the sop Satan 
entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That 

28 thou doest, do quickly. Now no man at the table 

29 knew for what intent he spake this unto him. For 
some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, 
that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things 
that we have need of against the feast : or, that he 

30 should give something to the poor. He then, hav- 
ing received the sop, went immediately out : and it 
was night. 

31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, 
Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glori- 

32 fied in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall 
also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway 

33 glorify him. Little children, yet a little while I 
am with you. Ye shall seek me : and, as I said 
unto the Jews, Whither I go ye cannot come ; so 

34 now I say to you. A new commandment I give 
unto you, That ye love one another ; as I have 

35 loved you, that ye also love one another. By this 
shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye 
have love one to another. 

36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest 
thou ? Jesus answered him, Whither 1 go, thou 
canst not follow me now ; but thou shalt follow me 

37 afterward. Peter said unto him, Lord, why can- 
not I follow thee now ? I will lay down my life 

19 



208 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Mt. 26. for thy sake. Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye 
shall be offended because of me this night ; for it is 
Mk. 14. written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep 
2 shall be scattered.* But after I am risen again, I 
Lk. 22. will go before you into Galilee. Peter answered 
19—38 and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended 
because of thee, yet will I never be offended. 

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan 
hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as 
wheat : but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith 
fail not : and when thou art converted, strengthen 
thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I am 
ready to go with thee, both into prison and to 
death. Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto 
thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou 
shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more 
vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not 
deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said all the 
disciples. 

And he said unto them, When I sent you with- 
out purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything? 
And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, 
But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and 
likewise his scrip ; and he that hath no sword, let 
him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say unto 
you, that this that is written must yet be accom- 
plished in me. And he was reckoned among the 
transgressors ; t for the things concerning me have 
an end. And they said, Lord, behold, here are two 

. * Zech. 13 : 7. t Is. 53 : 12. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 209 

swords. And he said unto them, It is enough, 
And, as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and gave 
thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, 
This is my body, which is given for you ; this do in 
remembrance of me. Likewise, also, after supper, 
he took the cup ; and, when he had given thanks, 
he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it ; for 
this is my blood of the new testament, which is 
shed for many for the remission of sins. Verily I 
say unto you, I will drink no more of this fruit of 
the vine, until that day when I drink it new with 
you in my Father's kingdom. 



CHAPTER LXIV. 

Christ addresses his disciples — The Comforter prom- 
ised. 

jn.u.i And Jesus said unto them, Let not your heart 
be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also 

2 in me. In my Father's house are many man- 
sions ; if it we*e not so, I would have told you. 

3 I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and 
prepare a place for you, I will come again and re- 
ceive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye 

4 may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the 

5 way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we 
know not whither thou goest; and how can we 

6 know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the 
way, and the truth, and the life; no man cometh 



210 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Jn.14.7 unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, 
ye should have known my Father also ; and from 
henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 

8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, 

9 and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I 
been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not 
known me, Philip ? He that hath seen me hath 
seen the Father ; and how sayest thou, then, Show 

io us the Father ? Believest thou not that I am in 
the Father, and the Father in me ? The words that 
I speak unto you, I speak not of myself; but the 
Father, that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 

n Believe me that I am in the Father, and the 
Father in me; or else believe me for the very 
works' sake. 

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth 
on me, the works that I do, shall he do also, and 
greater works than these shall he do ; because I go 

13 unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in 
my name, that will I do, that the Father may be 

u glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in 
my name, I will do it. 

15 If ye love me, keep my commandments ; and I 

16 will pray the Father, and he shall give you another 
Comforter, that he may abide with you forever. 

17 Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot 
receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth 
him ; but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, 

is and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfort- 
19 less ; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 211 

the world seeth me no more ; but ye see me ; be- 

jn.u.20 cause I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye 

shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, 

21 and I in you. He that hath my commandments, 
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me ; and he 
that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I 
will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 

22 Judas saith unto him (not Iscariot), Lord, how is 
it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not 

23 nnto the world ? Jesus answered and said unto 
him, If a man love me, he will keep my words ; 
and my Father will love him, and we will come 

24 unto him, and make our abode with him. He that 
loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings ; and the 
word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's 

25 which sent me. These things have I spoken unto 

26 you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, 
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 
send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and 
bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I 
have said unto you. 

27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto 
you ; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let 
not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away and 
come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would 
rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father ; for 

29 my Father is greater than I. And now I have told 
you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to 

30 pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk 

19* 



212 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

much, with you; for the prince of this world cometh, 
31 and hath nothing in me. But that the world may 
know that I love the Father ; and, as the Father 
gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us 
go hence. 



CHAPTER LXV. 

Christ the vine — The disciples exhorted to love one 
another — Warned of persecution. 

Jn.15.1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the hus- 

2 bandman. Every branch in me that beareth not 
fruit, he taketh away ; and every branch that bear- 
eth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth 

3 more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word 

4 which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and 
I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, 
except it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except 

5 ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches ; 
He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same 
bringeth forth much fruit ; for without me ye can 

6 do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast 
forth as a branch, and is withered ; and men gather 
them, and cast them into the fire, and they are 

7 burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in 
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done 

8 unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye 

9 bear much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. As 
the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you ; 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 213 

Jn.i5.io continue ye in my love. If ye keep my command- 
ments, ye shall abide in my love ; even as I have 
kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his 

11 love. These things have I spoken unto you, that 
my joy might remain in you, and that your joy 
might be full. 

12 This is my commandment, That ye love one 

13 another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath 
no man than this, that a man lay down his life for 

14 his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatso- 

15 ever I command you. Henceforth I call you not 
servants ; for the servant knoweth not what his lord 
doeth ; but I have called you friends ; for all things 
that I have heard of my Father, I have made 

16 known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I 
have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should 
go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should 
remain ; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father 

17 in my name, he may give it you. These things I 
command you, that ye love one another. 

18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me 

19 before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the 
world would love his own ; but because ye are not 
of the world, but I have chosen you out of the 

20 world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember 
the word that I said unto you, The servant is not 
greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, 
they will also persecute you ; if they have kept my 

21 saying, they will keep yours also. But all these 
things will they do unto you for my name's sake, 



214 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Jn.15.22 because they know not him that sent me. If I had 
not come, and spoken unto them, they had not had 

23 sin ; but now they have no cloak for their sin. He 

24 that hateth me, hateth my Father also. If I had 
not done among them the works which none other 
man did, they had not had sin; but now have they 

25 both seen and hated both me and my Father. But 
this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled 
that is written in their law, They hated me without 
a cause.* 

26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will 
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of 
truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall 

27 testify of me ; and ye also shall bear witness, be- 
cause ye have been with me from the beginning. 



CHAPTER LXVI. 

The Comforter's office — Christ /wither exhorts the 
disciples. 

Jn.i6.i These things have I spoken unto you, that ye 
2 should not be offended. They shall put you out of 
the synagogues ; yea, the time cometh, that whoso- 
ever killeth you, will think that he doeth God ser- 
s vice. And these things will they do unto you, be- 
cause they have not known the Father, nor me. 
4 But these things have I told you, that, when the 
time shall come, ye may remember that I told you 

* Ps. 35 : 19 j 69 : 4. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 215 

of them. And these things I said not unto you at 
the beginning, because I was with you. 
Jn.i6.5 But now I go my way to him that sent me ; and 
none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou ? But 

6 because I have said these things unto you, sor- 

7 row hath filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you 
the truth : It is expedient for you that I go away ; 
for, if I go not away, the Comforter will not come 
unto you ; but, if I depart, I will send him unto 

8 you. And, when he is come, he will reprove the 
world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judg- 

9 ment : of sin ; because they believe not on me : 
io of righteousness ; because I go to my Father, and 
li ye see me no more : of judgment ; because the 

12 prince of this world is judged. I have yet many 
things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them 

13 now. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth, is 
come, he will guide you into all truth ; for he shall 
not speak of himself ; but whatsoever he shall hear, 
that shall he speak ; and he will show you things to 

14 come. He shall glorify me ; for he shall receive 

15 of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things 
that the Father hath are mine ; therefore said I, 
that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto 
you. 

16 A little while, and ye shall not see me; and 
again, a little while, and ye shall see me ; because 

17 I go to the Father. Then said some of his disci- 
ples among themselves, What is this that he saith 
unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me ; 



216 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

and again, a little while, and ye shall see me ; and, 

Jn.16.18 Because I go to the Father ? They said, therefore, 

What is this that he saith, A little while ? We 

19 cannot tell what he saith. Now Jesus knew that 
they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, 
Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A 
little while, and ye shall not see me ; and again, a 

20 little while, and ye shall see me ? Yerily, verily, I 
say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but 
the world shall rejoice ; and ye shall be sorrowful, 

21 but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A 
woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because 
her hour is come ; but, as soon as she is delivered 
of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, 

22 for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye 
now, therefore, have sorrow ; but I will see you 
again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no 

23 man taketh from you. And in that day ye shall 
ask me nothing. Yerily, verily, I say unto you, 
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, 

24 he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked noth- 
ing in my name ; ask, and ye shall receive, that 

25 your joy may be full. These things have I spoken 
unto you in proverbs ; but the time cometh when I 
shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I 

26 shall show you plainly of the Father. At that day 
ye shall ask in my name ; and I say not unto you, 

27 That I will pray the Father for you ; for the Father 
himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and 

2S have believed that I came out from God. I came 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 217 

forth from the Father, and am come into the world ; 
again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. 
Jn.i6.29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest 
so thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are we 
sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not 
that any man should ask thee ; by this we believe 

31 that thou earnest forth from God. Jesus answered 

32 them, Do ye now believe ? Behold, the hour cometh, 
yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every 
man to his own, and shall leave me alone ; and yet I 

33 am not alone, because the Father is with me. These 
things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might 
have peace. In the world ye shall have tribula- 
tion : but be of good cheer ; I have overcome the 
world. 



CHAPTER LXVII. 

Christ's prayer. 

Jn.17.1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes 
to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come ; glo- 
rify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee ; 

2 as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he 
should give eternal life to as many as thou hast 

3 given him. And this is life eternal, that they 
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus 

4 Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee 
on the earth ; I have finished the work which thou 

5 gavest me to do. And now, Father, glorify thou 



218 THE HISTORY OE CHRIST. 

me with thine own self, with the glory which I had 
with thee before the world was. 
Jn.17.6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which 
thou gavest me out of the world ; thine they were, 
and thou gayest them me ; and they have kept thy 

7 word. Now they have known that all things what- 

8 soever thou hast given me are of thee ; for I have 
given unto them the words which thou gavest me ; 
and they have received them, and have known 
surely that I came out from thee, and they have 

9 believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them ; 
I pray not for the world, but for them which thou 

io hast given me ; for they are thine. And all mine 
are thine, and thine are mine ; and I am glorified 

li in them. And now I am no more in the world, but 
these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy 
Father, keep through thine own name those whom 
thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we 

12 are. While I was with them in the world, I kept 
them in thy name ; those that thou gavest me I 
have kept, and none of them is lost but the son of 
perdition ; that the Scripture might be fulfilled.* 

13 And now come I to thee ; and these things I speak 
in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled 

14 in themselves. I have given them thy word ; and 
the world hath hated them, because they are not 
of the world, even as I am not of the world. 

15 I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of 
the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from 

* Ps. 55 : 12—15 : 109 : 8—19. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 219 

Jn.17.i6 the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am 
not of the world. 

17 Sanctify them through thy truth ; thy word is 

18 truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even 

19 so have I also sent them into the world. And for 
their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might 
be sanctified through the truth. 

20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also 
which shall believe on me through their word ; 

21 that they all may be one ; as thou, Father, art in 
me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us ; 
that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 

22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given 
them ; that they may be one, even as we are one ; 

23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made 
perfect in one ; and that the world may know that 
thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast 

24 loved me. Father, I will that they also whom 
thou hast given me be with me where I am ; that 
they may behold my glory which thou hast given 
me ; for thou lovedst me before the foundation of 

25 the world. righteous Father, the world hath 
not known thee ; but I have known thee, and these 

26 have known that thou hast sent me. And I have 
declared unto them thy name, and will declare it ; 
that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may 
be in them, and I in them. 

20 



220 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 



CHAPTEE LXVIII. 

Jesus goes out to the garden of Gethsemane — His prayers 
and agony — Judas comes with a band — Peter cuts 
off the ear of the high pries fs servant — Christ is 
led away to Annas, who sends him to Caiaphas. 

Mt. 26. ^ N]D w hen they had sung an hymn, he went forth, 

& over the brook Cedron unto the mount of Olives, 

Mk. 14. w here was a garden called Grethsemane, into which 

32—36 .... 

& Jesus entered with his disciples. And Judas knew 
Jn. 18.2 the place, for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his 
Lk. 22. disciples. And he saith unto them, Sit ye here, while 
41—44 j g an( ^ p ra y yonder. And he took with him Peter, 
and James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, and 
began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith 
he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even 
unto death : tarry ye here, and watch with me. And 
he went a little further, about a stone's cast, and 
fell on his face, and prayed, saying, my Father, 
if it be possible, let this cup pass from me : never- 
theless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. And, being 
in an agony, he prayed more earnestly ; and his 
sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling 
down to the ground. And there appeared an angel 
unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And he 
40—56 rose up from prayer, and cometh unto the disci- 
Mk. 14. P^ es 5 an d findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, 
44 "& 52 What ! could ye not watch with me one hour ? 
47l?52 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into tempta- 
& tion : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 221 

Jn. 18. weak. And he went away again the second time, 
~~ and prayed, saying, my Father, if this cup may 
not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will 
be done. And he came and found ihem asleep 
again : for their eyes were heavy. And he left 
them, and went away again, and prayed the third 
time, saying the same words. Then cometh he to 
his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, 
and take your rest : behold, the hour is at hand, 
and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of 
sinners. Rise, let us be going ; behold, he is at 
hand that doth betray me. And while he yet 
spake, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, having 
received a band of men and officers from the chief 
priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with a great 
multitude, with lanterns, and torches, and weapons. 
Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, say- 
ing, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he : hold 
him fast. Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that 
should come upon him, went forth, and said unto 
them, Whom seek ye ? They answered him, Jesus 
of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. As 
soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they 
went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked 
he them again, Whom seek ye ? And they said, 
Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told 
you that I am he. If, therefore, ye seek me, let 
these go their way ; that the saying might be ful- 
filled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest 
me, have I lost none. And forthwith Judas came 



222 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master, and kissed him. 
And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art 
thou come? Betrayest thou the Son of man with a 
kiss ? Then came they and laid hands on Jesus, 
and took him and bound him. When they which 
were about him saw what would follow, they said 
unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword ? 

Then Simon Peter having a sword, drew it, and 
smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right 
ear. The servant's name was Malchus. And Jesus 
answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he 
touched his ear, and healed him. He then said 
unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath ; for 
all they that take the sword shall perish with the 
sword. The cup which my Father hath given me, 
shall I not drink it ■? Thinkest thou that I cannot 
now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give 
me more than twelve legions of angels ? But how 
then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it 
must be ? # In that same hour said Jesus to the 
multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief, with 
swords and staves for to take me ? I sat daily with 
you, teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on 
me. But this is your hour, and the power of dark- 
ness. But all this was done, that the scriptures of 
the prophets might be fulfilled.! Then all the disci- 
ples forsook him and fled. And there followed him 
a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about 

* Ps. 69 : 20, 21 ; Is. chap. 53. 

t Gen. 3 : 15 j Lam. 4 : 20 ; Dan. 9 : 24—26 , Zech. 13 : 7. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 223 

his naked body : and the young men laid hold on 
him. And he left the linen cloth, and fled from 
them naked. And they took Jesus and led him 
away to Annas first ; for he was father-in-law to 
Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. 
And Annas sent him bound unto the high priest ; 
and they brought him into the high priest's house. 
Now Caiaphas was he which gave counsel to the 
Jews, that it was expedient that one man should 
die for the people. 



CHAPTER LXIX. 

Peter denies that he knew Christ — Christ condemned in 
the council — Is carried to Pilate. 

But Peter followed him afar off, unto the high 
priest's palace. And another disciple also followed 
him ; that disciple was known unto the high priest, 
and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high 
priest. But Peter stood at the door without. 
Then went out that other disciple, which was 
known unto the high priest, and spake unto her 
that kept the door, and brought in Peter. And 
the servants and officers stood there. And when 
they had kindled a fire of coals (for it was cold), in 
the midst of the hall, and were set down together, 
and warmed themselves, Peter sat down with the 
servants and warmed himself at the fire. And when 
the damsel that kept the door, saw Peter warming 
2G* 



224 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

himself, she looked upon him and said, Art not thou 
one of this man's disciples ? But he denied before 
them all, saying, I am not ; I know not what thou 
sayest. And he went into the porch, and another 
saw him, and said unto them that were there, This 
fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. And again 
he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. 
And about the space of one hour after, another con- 
fidently affirmed, saying to Peter, Surely thou art 
one of them, for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech 
agreeth thereto. And also one of the servants of 
the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter 
cut off saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with 
him ? Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, 
I know not the man of whom ye speak. And im- 
mediately the cock crew. And the Lord turned, 
and looked upon Peter : and Peter remembered the 
word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before 
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter 
went out, and wept bitterly. 
Jn - The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, 
'20 and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I spake 
openly to the world ; I ever taught in the syna- 
gogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always 

21 resort ; and in secret have I said nothing. Why 
askest thou me ? Ask them which heard me, what 
I have said unto them : behold, they know what I 

22 said. And, when he had tlyis spoken, one of the 
officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm 
of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 225 

-? n ™ so • Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, 
bear witness of the evil ; but if well, why smitest 
Mk * thou me ? And the chief priests, and all the coun- 
cil sought for witness against Jesus to put him to 
56 death ; and found none : for many bare false wit- 
Mt. ness against him, but their witness agreed not to- 
26.60 gether. At the last came two false witnesses, and 
14.58 said, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple 
that is made with hands, and within three days 
59 1 will build another made without hands. But 
Mt - neither so did their witness agree together. And 

26.62 . . 

the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest 
thou nothing ? what is it which these witness against 

63 thee ? But Jesus held his peace. And the high 
priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee 
by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou 

64 be the Christ, the Son of God : Jesus saith unto 
them, Ye say that I am ; nevertheless, I say unto 
you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting 
on the right hand of power, and coming in the 

65 clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his 
clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy : what 
further need have we of witnesses ? Behold, now ye 

66 have heard his blasphemy. What think ye ? They 
Mt. 26. answered and said, He is guilty of death. Then did 

& they spit in his face, and buffeted him. And when 

Mk.i5.i they had blindfolded him, the servants smote him 

Jn. 18. wrtn the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy 

28—38 un t US) thou Christ ! Who is he that smote thee ? 

And many other things blasphemously spake they 



226 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

against him. And when the morning was come, the 
chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the 
whole council, held a consultation against Jesus to 
put him to death. And when they had bound him, 
they led him away unto the judgment-hall, and 
delivered him unto Pontius Pilate the governor. 
And it was early ; and they themselves went not 
into the judgment-hall, lest they should be denied ; 
but that they might eat the passover. 



CHAPTER LXX. 

Christ examined by Pilate, and declared innocent — Is 
sent to Herod — Sent back to Pilate — After a long 
examination is declared innocent, but condemned from 
the influence of the priests and the multitude. 

Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What 
accusation bring ye against this man ? They an- 
swered and said unto him, If he were not a male- 
factor, we would not have delivered him up unto 
thee. Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, 
and judge him according to your law. The Jews, 
therefore, said unto him, It is not lawful for us to 
put any man to death : that the saying of Jesus 
might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what 
Lk. 23.2 death he should die. And they began to accuse 
him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the 
nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, say- 
1833 * n &' -^at * ie nmise lf is Christ a king. Then Pilate 
entered into the judgment-hall, and called Jesus ; 



THE HISTORY OE CHRIST. 227 

and he stood before the governor. And the governor 

Jn. asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews ? 

Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thy- 

35 self, or did others tell it thee of me ? Pilate an- 
swered, Am I a Jew ? Thine own nation and the 
chief priests have delivered thee unto me. What 

36 hast thou done ? Jesus answered, My kingdom is 
not of this world. If my kingdom were of this 
world, then would my servants fight, that I should 
not be delivered to the Jews : but now is my king- 

37 dom not from hence. Pilate, therefore, said unto 
him, Art thou a king then ? Jesus answered, Thou 
sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, 
and for this cause came I into the world, that I 
should bear witness unto the truth. Every one 

38 that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith 
unto him, What is truth ? And when he had said 
this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith 

*jftj unto them, I find in him no fault at all. And when 
he was accused of the chief priest and elders, he 

13 answered nothing. Then said Pilate unto him, 
Hearest thou not how many things they witness 

14 against thee ? And he answered him to never a 
word ; insomuch that the governor marvelled great- 

Lk. 23.4 ly. Then said Pilate to the chief priests, and to 

5 the people, I find no fault in this man. And they 
were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the 
people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning 

6 from Galilee to this place. When Pilate heard of 
Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean. 



228 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Lk. 23.7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto 
Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who 

8 himself was also at Jerusalem at that time. And 
when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad : 
for he was desirous to see him of a long season, 
because he had heard many things of him ; and he 

9 hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. Then 
he questioned with him in many words ; but he an- 

io swered him nothing. And the chief priests and 

ii scribes stood, and vehemently accused him. And 

Herod with his men of war set him at naught, and 

mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, 

and sent him again to Pilate. 

12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made 
friends together : for before they were at enmity 
between themselves. 

13 And Pilate, when he had called together the 

14 chief priests, and the rulers, and the people, said 
unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as 
one that perverteth the people : and, behold, I, 
having examined him before you, have found no 
fault in this man, touching those things whereof 

15 ye accuse him : no, nor yet Herod : for I sent you 
to him ; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done 

16 unto him : I will, therefore, chastise him, and re- 
^6—30 lease him. For they had a custom that, at the 
Mk.*5. P assover > ne should release unto them one prisoner, 

6 ^ 16 whomsoever they desired. And they had then a 

isl 2 ^ nota ^ e prisoner, named Barabbas, which lay bound 

/ Q n - with them that had made insurrection with him, 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 229 

who had committed murder in the insurrection. 
And the multitude, crying aloud, began to desire 
him to do as he had ever done unto them. But 
Pilate answered them, saying, Whom will ye that 
I release unto you ? Barabbas, or Jesus, whom ye 
call the King of the Jews ? For he knew that the 
chief priests had delivered him for envy. 

When he was set down on the judgment-seat, his 
wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to 
do with that just man : for I have suffered many 
things this day in a dream because of him. But 
the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude 
that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 
The governor answered again, and said unto them, 
Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto 
you ? And they cried out all at once, saying, 
Away with this man, and release unto us Barab- 
bas : Pilate, therefore, willing to release Jesus, 
saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus, 
which is called Christ ? They all say unto him, 
Let him be crucified. And he said unto them, 
Why ? what evil hath he done ? I have found no 
cause of death in him : I will therefore chastise 
him, and let him go. And they were instant with 
loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. 
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but 
that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and 
washed his hands, before the multitude, saying, I 
am innocent of the blood of this just person ; see 
ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, 



230 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

His blood be on us, and on our children. And 
Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they re- 
quired. And he released unto them him that for 
sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom 
they had desired. And when he had scourged 
Jesus, he delivered him to their will. Then the 
soldiers of the governor led him away into the com- 
mon hall called Praetorium ; and they called to- 
gether the whole band. And they stripped him, 
and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they 
had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his 
head, and a reed in his right hand : and they bowed 
the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, 
King of the Jews ! And they spit upon him, and 
took the reed, and smote him on the head. 
Jn.19.4 Pilate, therefore, went forth again, and saith 
unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that 

5 ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then 
came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and 
the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, 

6 Behold the man ! When the chief priests, there- 
fore, and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, 
Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, 
Take ye him, and crucify him : for I find no fault 

7 in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, 
and by our law he ought to die, because he made 
himself the Son of God. 

8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was 

9 the more afraid ; and went again into the judg- 
ment-hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou ? 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 231 

Jn.19.10 But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate 
unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest 
thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and 

11 have power to release thee ? Jesus answered, Thou 
couldst have no power at all against me, except it 
were given thee from above ; therefore he that de- 

12 livered me unto thee hath the greater sin. And 
from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him ; but 
the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man 
go, thou art not Caesar's friend ; whosoever maketh 
himself a king, speaketh against Caesar. 

13 When Pilate, therefore, heard that saying, he 
brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment- 
seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in 

14 the Hebrew, Grabbatha. And it was the prepar- 
ation of the passover, and about the sixth hour; 
and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King ! 

15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with 
him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I 
crucify your King ? The chief priests answered, 

16 We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he 
him, therefore, unto them, to be crucified. 



CHAPTER LXXI. 

Judas returns the money and hangs himself — Christ is 
led away to be crucified — Women lament him, 

Mt.27.3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he 
saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and 
21 



232 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the 

Mt.27.4 chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned, in 

that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And 

they said, What is that to us ? see thou to that. 

e And he cast down the pieces of silver in the tem- 
ple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 

e And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and 
said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treas- 

V ury, because it is the price of blood. And they 
took counsel, and bought with them the potter's 

8 field to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field 
was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 

9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jer- 
emiah the prophet, saying,* And they took the 
thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was 
valued, whom they of the children of Israel did 

io value ; and gave them for the potter's field, as the 
Lord appointed me. 
Mt.27. And after that they had mocked him, they took 
& the robe off from him,, and put his own raiment on 
Lk.23. nmi> an d led him away to crucify him. And Jesus 
& went forth bearing his cross. And, as they came out, 
Jn.i9. ^hey laid hold upon one Simon a Cyrenian, the 
father of Alexander and Eufus, coming out of the 
country ; and on him they laid the cross, that he 
might bear it after Jesus. And there followed him 
a great company of people, and of women, which 
also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus, turn- 
ing unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep 

* Zech. 11 : 12, 13. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 233 

not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your 
children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the 
which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and 
the wombs that never bare, and the paps which 
never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to 
the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover 
us. # For if they do these things in a green tree, 
what shall be done in the dry ? 

And there were also two others, malefactors, led 
with him to be put to death. 

And when they were come unto a place called 
Calvary, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha, 
that is to say, A place of a skull, they gave him 
vinegar to drink, mingled with gall ; t and, when he 
had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 

Mt.27. And it was about the third hour, and they cruci- 
& fied him and the two thieves with him, one on his 

Mk.15. right hand, and the other on his left, and Jesus in 

24—28 . 

& the midst. And the Scripture was fulfilled, which 

Lk - saith, And he was numbered with the transgres- 
23.34 ' & 

& sors.T 

Jn.i9. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them ; for they 

know not what they do. 

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, 

took his garments, and made four parts, to every 

soldier a part, and also his coat ; now the coat was 

without seam, woven from the top throughout. 

They said, therefore, among themselves, Let us not 

rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be ; that 

* Hosea 10 : 8. f Ps. 69 : 21. f Is. 53 : 12. 



234 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the 
prophet, They parted my garments among them, 
and upon my vesture did they cast lots.* And sit- 
ting down, they watched him there. 

And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. 
And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the 
King of the Jews. This title then read many of 
the Jews ; for the place where Jesus was crucified 
was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, 
and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests 
of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the 
Jews ; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 
Pilate answered, What I have written, I have writ- 
ten. 
Mfc - And they that passed by reviled him, wagging 
'40 their heads, and saying, Thou that destroy est the 
temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. 
If thou be the Son of God, come down from the 

41 cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking 

42 him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved 
others ; himself he cannot save. If he be Christ, 
the King of Israel, let him now come down from 

43 the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in 
God ; let him deliver him now, if he will have him; 

Lk - for he said, I am the Son of God.t And the sol- 

23.36 

diers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering 
37 him vinegar, and saying, If thou be the king of 

the Jews, save thyself. 
39 And one of the malefactors, which were hanged. 

* Ps. 22 : 18. t Ps. 22 ; 8, and 42 : 10, and 71 : 11. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 235 

railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thy- 

Di.23.40 self and us. But the other answering, rebuked him, 

saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in 

41 the same condemnation ? And we indeed justly ; 
for we receive the due reward of our deeds ; but 

42 this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said 
unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest 

43 into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, 
Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with 
me in paradise. 

Jn.i9.25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his 
mother, and his mother's sister, Mary, the wife of 
Cleophas, and mother of James the less, and Joses, 

26 and Mary Magdalene. "When Jesus, therefore, saw 
his mother, and the disciples standing by, whom he 
loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold 

27 thy son ! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold 
thy mother ! And from that hour that disciple 
took her unto his own home. 

Mk. And, when the sixth hour was come, there was 

15 33 

darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 

34 And, at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud 
voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani ? which 
is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast 

35 thou forsaken me ? * And some of them that stood 
by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth 

36 Elijah. Let alone ; let us see whether Elijah will 
come to take him down. 

Jn.i9.28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were 

* Ps. 22 : 1. 

21* 



236 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

now accomplished, that the Scripture might be ful- 
Jn.19.29 filled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel 
Lk ^ 346 full of vinegar; and they filled a sponge with vin- 
egar, and put it upon a reed, and put it to his 
Jn.19.30 mouth.* When Jesus, therefore, had received the 
vinegar, he cried with a loud voice, It is finished. 
He then said, Father, into thy hands I commend 
my spirit ; and, having thus said, he bowed his 
head, and gave up the ghost. 



CHAPTER LXXII. 

There is an earthquake, and the graves open, $c. — 
The soldiers break the legs of the thieves, but pierce 
Christ with a spear — He is taken down from the 
cross and laid in the sepulchre. 

Mt.27. And, behold, the vail of the temple was rent in 
& twain, from the top to the bottom ; and the earth 

Mk - 15 - did quake, and the rocks rent ; and the graves were 
opened ; and many bodies of the saints which slept 
arose, and came out of the graves after his resur- 
rection, and went into the holy city, and appeared 
unto many. Now, when the centurion, and they 
that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earth- 
quake, and those things that were done, and that 
he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, they feared 
greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 
And the women were looking on afar off; among 

* Ps. 69 : 21. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 237 

whom also was Salome the mother of Zebedee's 
children, who also, when he was in Galilee, fol- 
lowed him, and ministered unto him ; and many 
other women which came up with him unto Jeru- 
salem. 

Jn.i9. Tn e Jews, therefore, because it was the prepar- 
& " ation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, that the 

Mt.27. bodies should not remain upon the cross on the 

57—60 

& Sabbath-day, for that Sabbath-day was a high day, 
Mk.15. besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, 

42—47 ° ° ° 

& and that they might be taken away. Then came 
Lk.23. faQ soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of 

50—56 . & 

the other which was crucified with him. But when 
they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead al- 
ready, they brake not his legs ; but one of the sol- 
diers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith 
came there out blood and water. And he that saw 
it bear record, and his record is true ; and he know- 
eth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For 
these things were done, that the Scripture should 
be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.* 
And again, another Scripture saith, They shall look 
on him whom they pierced.t And now when the 
even was come, there came a rich man named 
Joseph of Arimathea, a city of the Jews ; an hon- 
orable counsellor, t who also waited for the kingdom 
of God. He was a good man, and a just, the 
same had not consented to the counsel and deed 
of them, being himself a disciple of Jesus; but 

* Ex. 12 : 46 ; Ps. 34 : 20. \ Ps. 22 : 16 j Zech. 12 : 10. { Is. 53 : 9. 



238 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

secretly, for fear of the Jews; and he went in 
boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead : 
and, calling unto him the centurion, he asked him 
whether he had been any while dead. And when 
he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to 
Joseph. And he bought fine linen, and took him 
down. At that time came also Nieodemus, which 
at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a 
mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds' 
weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and 
wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the 
manner of the Jews is to bury. Now, in the place 
where he was crucified, there was a garden ; and in 
the garden was Joseph's new sepulchre, hewn out 
in the rock, wherein was never man yet laid. There 
laid they Jesus, therefore, because of the Jews' prep- 
aration-day, for the sepulchre .was nigh at hand. 
And they rolled a stone unto the door of the sepul- 
chre, and departed. And Mary Magdalene and 
Mary the mother of Joses followed after, and be- 
held the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 

And they returned, and prepared spices and 
ointment; and rested the Sabbath-day, according 
to the commandment. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 239 



CHAPTEE LXXIII. 

A watch set at the sepulchre — There is an earthquake — 
Women come to the sepulchre, and find the stone rolled 
away and the body of Christ gone — Mary Magdalene 
runs to inform the disciples — Christ shows himself to 
the other ivomen — Peter and John go to the sepulchre 
— Mary goes with them — They return, but Mary 
remains, and Christ shows himself to her. 

Mt. Now the next day, that followed the day of the 
27.62 preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came 

63 together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that 
that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After 

64 three days I will rise again. Command, therefore, 
that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, 
lest his disciples come by night and steal him away, 
and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead : 

65 so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate 
said unto them, Ye have a watch ; go your way, make 

66 it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made the 
sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. 

Mt. 28. And when the Sabbath was past, as it began to 
& dawn toward the first day of the week, behold, 

Mk. 16. there was a great earthquake : for the angel of the 
& Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled 

Lk. 24. kc^k the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His 

1 — 8 



& countenance was like lightning, and his raiment 
white as snow : and for fear of him the keepers did 
shake, and became as dead men. Then came Mary 
Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and 



240 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Salome, very early in the morning, unto the sepul- 
chre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, 
and Joanna and certain others were with them. 
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll 
us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre ? 
And when they looked, they saw that the stone 
was rolled away, for it was very great. And they 
entered in, and found not the body of the Lord 
Jesus. Then Mary Magdalene 'runneth into the 
city, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other 
disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, 
They have taken away the Lord out of the sepul- 
chre, and we know not where they have laid him. 
And it came to pass as the other women were at the 
sepulchre, and were much perplexed thereabout, 
they saw a young man, sitting on the right side, 
clothed in a long white garment ; and they were 
affrighted. 

And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted ; for 
I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified. 
But why seek ye the living among the dead ? He 
is not here, but is risen as he said. Come see the 
place where the Lord lay. Remember how he 
spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, 
The Son of man must be delivered into the hands 
of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day 
rise again. And they remembered his words. And 
he said unto them, Go your way, tell his disciples 
and Peter, that he is risen from the dead, and be- 
hold, he goeth before you into Galilee ; there shall 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 241 

Mt.28.8 ye see him : lo, I have told you. And they departed 
quickly from the sepulchre, with fear and great joy; 
and did run to bring his disciples word. 
9 And, as they went to tell his disciples, behold, 
Jesus met them, saying, All hail ! And they came 
and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. 
10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid : go tell 
my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there 
Lk. 24.9 shall they see me. And they told all these things 
li unto the eleven, and to all the rest. And their 
words seemed to them as idle tales, and they be- 
lieved them not. 
Mt. Now, when they were going, behold, some of the 
28.11 watch came into the city, and showed unto the 

12 chief priests all the things that were done. And 
when they were assembled with the elders, and had 
taken counsel, they gave large money unto the sol- 

13 diers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, 

14 and stole him away while we slept. And if this 
come to the governor's ears, we will perusade him, 

15 and secure you. So they took the money, and did 
as they were taught : and this saying is commonly 
reported among the Jews until this day. 

jn.20.3 Then Peter, therefore, went forth, and that other 

4 disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both 
together ; and the other disciple did outrun Peter, 

5 and came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping 
down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying : 

6 yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter, 
following him, and went into the sepulchre, and 



242 THE HISTORY OE CHRIST. 

Jn. 20.7 seeth the linen clothes lie ; and the napkin that 
was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, 

8 but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then 
went in also that other disciple, which came first to 

9 the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as 
yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise 

io again from the dead. Then the disciples went away 
again unto their own home. 

n But Mary Magdalene, who had followed them, 
stood without at the sepulchre weeping : and, as 
she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the 

12 sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white, sitting, 
the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where 

13 the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto 
her, Woman, why weepest thou ? She saith unto 
them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and 

14 1 know not where they have laid him. And when 
she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw 
Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 

15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? 
whom seekest thou ? She, supposing him to be the 
gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne 
him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I 

is will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. 
She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni : 

17 which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, 
Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended to my 
Father ; but go to my brethren, and say unto them, 
I ascend unto my Father, and your Father ; and to 

is my God, and your God. Mary came and told the 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 243 

disciples as they mourned and wept, that she had 
seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things 
Mk. unto her. And when they had heard that he was 
16 - n alive, and had been seen of her, they believed not. 



CHAPTER LXXIV. 

Christ shows himself to two of his disciples at Emmaus 
— He appears in the room with his disciples — Thomas 
doubts, 

Lk.24.i3 And, behold, two of them went that same day to 
a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusa- 

14 lem about threescore furlongs. And they talked 
together of all these things which had happened. 

15 And it came to pass, that while they communed 
together, and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, 

16 and went with them. But their eyes were holden, 

17 that they should not know him. And he said unto 
them, What manner of communications are these 
that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are 

is sad ? And the one of them, whose name was Cle- 
ophas, answering, said unto him, Art thou only a 
stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the 
things which are come to pass there in these days ? 

19 And he said unto them, What things ? And they 
said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which 
was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God 

20 and all the people : and how the chief priests and 
our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, 

22 



244 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Lk. and have crucified him. But we trusted that it 

24 - 21 had been he which should have redeemed Israel : 

and, beside all this, to-day is the third day since 

22 these things were done. Yea, and certain women 
also of our company made us astonished, which 

23 were early at the sepulchre ; and when they found 
not his body, they came, saying, That they had also 
seen a vision of angels, which said that he was 

24 alive. And certain of them which were with us 
went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the 

25 women had said ; but him they saw not. Then he 
said unto them, fools, and slow of heart to believe 

26 all that the prophets have spoken ! Ought not 
Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter 

27 into his glory ? And beginning at Moses and all 
the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the 

28 scriptures the things concerning himself. And they 
drew nigh unto the village whither they went : and 
he made as though he would have gone further. 

29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us : 
for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. 

30 And he went in to tarry with them. And it came 
to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took 
bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 

31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him : 

32 and he vanished out of their sight. And they said 
one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, 
while he talked with us by the way, and while he 

33 opened to us the scriptures ? And they rose up 
the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 245 

found the eleven gathered together, and them that 

24 34 were w ^ a them, saying, the Lord is risen indeed, 

35 and hath appeared to Simon. And they told what 

j n . things were done in the way, and how he was known 

20.19 f them in breaking of bread. And as they thus 

spake, the doors being shut where they were assem- 
Jfc- bled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus himself stood in 

the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be 

37 unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, 

38 and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he 
said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do 

39 thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold my hands 
and my feet, that it is I myself : handle me, and 
see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see 

40 me have. And when he had thus spoken, he showed 
20 Q 20 them his hands and his feet and his side. Then were 
2441 ^ e disciples g^ when they saw the Lord. But 

while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, 

42 he said unto them, Have ye here any meat ? And 
they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of a 

43 honey-comb. And he took it, and did eat before 

44 them. And he said unto them, These are the words 
which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, 
that all things must be fulfilled, which were written 
in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in 

45 the Psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their 
understanding, that they might understand the scrip- 

46 tures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and 
thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from 

47 the dead the third day ; and that repentance and 



246 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

Lk. remission of sins should be preached in his name 
24: - 48 among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And 
20.21 ye are witnesses of these things. As my Father 
hath sent me, even so send I you. 

24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, 

25 was not with them when Jesus came. The other 
disciples, therefore, said unto him, We have seen 
the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall 
see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my 
finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my 
hand into his side, I will not believe. 

26 And after eight days, again his disciples were 
within, and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus, 
the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and 

Mk. said, Peace be unto you. And he upbraided them 
16.14 w ^h. their unbelief and hardness of heart, because 
j n< they believed not them which had seen him after he 
20 - 27 was risen. Then saith he to Thomas, Beach hither 
thy finger, and behold my hands ; and reach hither 
thy hand, and thrust it into my side : and be not 

28 faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered 

29 and said unto him, My Lord, and my Grod. Jesus 
saith unto him, Thomas, because thou has seen me, 
thou hast believed : blessed are they that have not 
seen, and yet have believed. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 247 



CHAPTER LXXV. 

Christ at the sea of Galilee — Draught of fishes — Ques- 
tions Peter as to his lore — Meets a large body of dis- 
ciples on the mount — The apostles return to Jerusa- 
lem — Are commissioned — Christ ascends to heaven. 

A 11 - Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee ; 

Jo. 21.1 and Jesus showed himself again unto them at the 

sea of Tiberias ; and on this wise showed he him- 

2 self. There were together Simon Peter, and Thom- 
as called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Gali- 
lee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his 

3 disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a 
fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee 
They went forth, and entered into a ship immedi- 

4 ately ; and that night they caught nothing. But 
when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on 
the shore : but the disciples knew not that it was 

o Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have 

t5 ye any meat ? They answered him, No. And he 
said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of 
the ship, and ye shall find. They cast, therefore, 
and now they were not able to draw it for the mul- 

7 titude of fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Je- 
sus loved, saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now, 
when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he 
girt his fisher's coat unto him, for he was naked, 

« and did cast himself into the sea. And the other 
disciples came in a little ship, for they were not 
o-2* 



248 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits, 
Jn. 21.9 dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they 

were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, 
10 and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto 

them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught, 
n Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full 

of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three ; and 

for all there were so many, yet was not the net 

broken. 

12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And 
none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou ? 

13 knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then cometh, 
and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish like- 

u wise. This is now the third time that Jesus showed 
himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from 
the dead. 

is So, when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon 
Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more 
than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou 
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed 

16 my lambs. He saith unto him again the second 
time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? He 
saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I 
love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 

17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of 
Jonas, lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved because 
he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me ? 
And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all 
things ; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith 

is unto him, Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 249 

unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst 
thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldst : but 
when thou shalt be old., thou shalt stretch forth thy 
hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee 
Jn.2i.i9 whither thou wouldst not. This spake he signify- 
ing by what death he should glorify God. And, 
when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow 

20 me. Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple 
whom Jesus loved following ; which also leaned on 
his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he 

21 that betrayeth thee ? Peter seeing him, saith to 

22 Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do ? Jesus 
saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, 

26 what is that to thee ? Follow thou me. Then went 

this saying abroad among the brethren, that that 

disciple should not die : yet Jesus said not unto 

him, He shall not die ; but, If I will that he tarry 

Mt. 28. till I come, what is that to thee ? 

16 > 17 After that, the disciples went up into a mountain 

l Cor. where Jesus had appointed them. There he was seen 

15 - 6 of above five hundred brethren at once. And when 

they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted. 

And the disciples returned again to Jerusalem. And 

Mt. 2S. Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power 

& is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, 

Mk. 16. therefore, into all the world, and preach the gospel 

to every creature, baptizing them in the name of 

the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : 

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I 

have commanded you. He that believeth and is 



250 THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 

baptized shall be saved ; but he that believeth not 

shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them 

that believe : In my name shall they cast out devils ; 

they shall speak with new tongues ; they shall take 

up serpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it 

shall not hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the 

sick, and they shall recover. And lo, I am with 

you always, even unto the end of the world. 

Lk . And, behold, I send the promise of my Father 

24 - 49 upon you : but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, 

jn. until ye be endued with power from on high. And 

20.22 w hen he had said this, he breathed on them, and 

saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : 

23 whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto 

them : and whose soever sins ye retain, they are 

retained. 

24% ^ n( ^ ne * ec ^ tacm out as ^ ar as to Bethany, an ^ 
51 he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it 
came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted 
Acts 1.9 from them, and carried up into heaven, and a cloud 
received him out of their sight. 
io And, while they looked steadfastly toward heaven, 
as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in 
n white apparel ; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, 
why stand ye gazing up into heaven ? This same 
Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, 
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him 
3j& go into heaven. And they worshipped him, and re- 
£3 turned to Jerusalem with great joy : and were con- 
tinually in the temple, praising and blessing God. 



THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. 251 

Jn. 20. A n( j there are many other things and signs truly, 

&2i.25 wn ^ cn J esus did in the presence of his disciples, 

which are not written in this book ; the which, if 

they should be written every one, I suppose that 

even the world itself could not contain the books 

that should be written. But these are written that 

ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son 

of God ; and, that believing, ye might have life 

through his name. 

Mk. And when Pentecost was past, the disciples went 

I6.20 forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working 

with them and confirming the word with signs 

following. Amen. 



